Mark Bittman, opinion columnist at the
New York Times who writes about food, begins 2012 with a piece titled, “
We’re Eating Less Meat. Why?” According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meat consumption is declining and is predicted to continue its decline. While the livestock industry blames, among other things, the federal government’s supposed “war on meat protein consumption,” which is truly bizarre given that the federal government subsidizes animal agriculture with our tax dollars and buys massive quantities of meat for the school lunch program, Bittman posits that the primary decline in meat consumption is due to a growing population of educated consumers who are choosing to reduce and often eliminate animal products from their diet for three primary reasons: their health, the environment, and concerns about animals.
Read his essay here.
For a humane world,
Zoe Weil, President,
Institute for Humane Education
Author of
Most Good, Least Harm,
Above All, Be Kind, and
The Power and Promise of Humane Education
My TEDx talk: “
The World Becomes What You Teach"
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