I would not say i am a vegetarian, but all my beliefs and ideas about eating meat have been somewhat warped here in Argentina. Back home I very rarely ate red meat, mainly for environmental and cruelty reasons.
Save the Environment
A recent United Nations report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow concludes that eating meat is "one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global". The report finds that eating meat causes almost 40 per cent more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, ships and planes in the world combined.
Here in Argentina, I hear people talk about how the meat is better here because the cows get to roam free, unlike in other counties. Does any one know more about this? To me it sounds somewhat naive. Raising cattle still impacts the land and the air, and I would think the slaughter methods are similar too... so how is it better?
As I ate the meat it reminded me of the first time I became conscience of the issue. It was a Sunday afternoon. I turned on the TV and started watching. I sank to the floor in awe and watched the most incredible film I had ever seen. I later found out that I was halfway through Baraka. There was a scene involving the cruel practices of chicken farming. I sat there and cried. The truth is this film changed my life and understanding.
But for some reason I seem to justify eating meat here. I have met so many vegetarians here that have had the same experience. It baffles me so.
1 comment:
Carne es Muerte! Go Vego! For your health, for the environment, for the animals!
Sorry, I´ll get off my soap box. I like this post.
xxx
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