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For starters, I would like to say that the colour green means so many things: so many beyond the normal scope of environmentalism: it means that everything is as well as we can try to make it be; green is go. At the same token, I would like to discuss an issue that is, from its very intentions, does nothing to really help the country/world as a whole. As I said, green living, is healthy living.

Did you ever, or should I ask, do you ever question yourself about the food you eat, especially the meat? Before you continue, know that I am not a vegetarian in practice…But in truth, the way we live starts with the food we eat. The food we eat is bought (presumably) at a retail store: that retail store is buying food from wholesalers: wholesalers are buying the food from the meat packagers, and they get it from the people (if not themselves) who raise the animals. Now, this industry, like most all others, is a business, out to make money, and because it is out to make money it has to be efficient. To be efficient means to cut costs and maximise production. If you are not familiar with contemporary history, think Britain in the Mid to Late Eighties: this is the end result of optimisation and drives for money. And we, the consumers are the end, and yet the most important link in the chain.

Animals being feed other animals (in the US this is banned from Cattle [enforced?], but other animals such as poultry, swine etc…may eat parts of other animals), leads to problems. Yet, stopping this means a reduction in profits.  Now, let’s assume that we are all on the same page of health over money: then guess what? We can make that happen. Every item bought organically is a vote, yes I quote from Food Inc.; every item we buy is what is going to determine what the customer wants: and if that means that other, ill-raised animals who aren’t bought as much, will be eventually a thing of the past. I cannot think of a part in history that has so many problems with their animals, for in the past animals were grazers and thus nature prevailed: the occurrence of problems that we see today is no result of the times, but a result of people, and business.

Please think carefully when you go to the store to buy: I am writing this blog, on this subject, in regards to a little girl, and all of the other young people who have contracted illnesses, and including but not limited to New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

I believe people were intended to eat meat, surely, but not like this, and not with such a potential terrible price to pay. Buying green really makes a difference in business practice: and yes, it is a pretty penny to pay, but certainly, an emptier wallet is as good of a price to pay as any for a change in the world.

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