Eating fewer animal products is the inevitable future. There is not enough land, water, energy, or mineral resources for the earth’s billions to consume animal products at the rate we do, and the knowledge that we as individuals can take such a simple step to affect the fate of the planet is extremely empowering. For example, if we each ate the equivalent of three fewer cheeseburgers a week, we’d cancel out the effects of all the SUVs in the country. That’s the road we need to be on. There are other reasons, of course: If you believe that animals deserve decent lives relatively free of
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