Don't Go Lean, Go Green
The Importance of a Vegetarian Diet by Ms. Doering
When people hear the word "vegetarian," most people automatically envision either an earth-loving hippie or a new age hipster complete with skinny jeans, a beanie, and a starbucks latte. These same people are the ones who are beckoned by a McDonald's sign to enjoy a juicy, ninety-nine cent, artery-clogging double cheeseburger. Those who give into those golden arches are injesting not only unnecessary meat, but unknowingly adding to the destruction of this planet; however, those "hippies" and "hipsters" who are scoffed at are one step closer to saving it.
Every single slaughterhouse worker interviewed by Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator for the Humane farming association, admitted to abusing animals or neglecting to report those who did (Barnouin 69). Farm animals are no less intelligent then a man’s best friend, his dog. They are no less capable of feeling pain either, yet we violently shackle them upside down and listen to them screech. You can stop the horrendous lives these animals lead by simply picking a salad instead of a greasy pile of cow flesh.
If you want to pacify the growing fears of global warming don’t spend 35,000 dollars to own an eco friendly car, become a vegetarian, it’s fifty percent more effective.