I know some people have a hard time going vegetarian all the way. Old habits die hard, and sometimes that nice steak is just too hard to give up. (Can you tell I date someone who won’t go veggie ever? I mention it every time veggie things come up!)
However, Wanna Veg has posted a great list about how going veggie even one day a week can help save the planet. The statistics are astounding — and might get to to consider making and All-Veggie-Wednesday event!
Ten Reasons to Go Veggie One Day a Week:
Save 84,000 gallons of water.
Save 245 lbs of grain.
Save 7,700 sq feet of rain forest. (That is equivalent to four good sized houses.)
Reduce your contribution to the over 10,000,000,000 animals slaughtered for food.
Save 15.5 gallons of gasoline, good for one fill-up!
Not contribute to over 403 lbs of manure produced by food animals.
Reduce your contribution to over 24,000,000 pounds of antibiotics that are added to animal feed.
Save 87 square feet of topsoil from erosion.
Reduce your impact on our quickly vanishing ocean life!
Do not forget about your health! A vegetarian diet, even one day a week will help reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, and it may even help to drop a few pounds.
Just some points to ponder…..
via wanna veg
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erin: you find the best pictures ever. those veggies look fantastic. and yes going veggie even once a week is beneficial to both oneself, the animals, and the planet. i’ll check out the site.
Comment by Missy — June 2, 2007 @ 8:01 pm