EATKIND Eatkind.net
is here to help you balance your diet with:
compassion
for family farmers, the world's hungry and our fellow animals;
sustainability
-- to preserve the planet and its finite resources;
wholesome
nutrition to be kind to the body that brung you.
We
believe ethical
eating is an indispensable component of ethical consumerism.
The
Elements
of
Ethical
Eating
COMPASSION
Modern
farming is a brutal business. Neither family farmers, food workers nor
farm animals fare well within today's industrial agricultural system.
In
particular, the grossly wasteful use of the planet's finite natural
resources
to produce ever-increasing quantities of meat, fish, dairy and eggs
threatens
to increase, not decrease, hunger and starvation among the world's
roughly
one billion malnourished poor. By following a diet that emphasizes
efficiently
and sustainably produced plant foods and that limits or eliminates
factory
farmed animal foods, we can create a win-win-win situation for all
people,
animals and the planet itself.
SUSTAINABILITY
The
industrialization of food production has created the illusion of cheap
food. Low prices at the checkout counter and prosperity for food- and
agricultural
corporations have come at a price: an unsustainable assault on arable
land,
fresh water and clean air. Increasingly, independent scientists are
joining
environmentalists in calling for a return to sustainable, organic
farming
practices.
NUTRITION
Call
it poetic justice, but the more compassionate and sustainable farming
is,
the more nutritious and healthful the food is. Animals that are
neither
confined nor fed a diet unnatural to their species produce more
nutritious
meat, milk and eggs. Protein from beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds
appears
to be the most nutritious and healthful of all.
In
the early 1960s
I became a
vegetarian. But then I got hepatitis. So I went back to my previous
diet;
for a while it would be vegetarian one day, non-vegetarian the next. My
kitchen is now totally vegetarian. But when I visit places,
occasionally
I take non-vegetarian....
The Dalai Lama
Industrial farming
isn’t just
bad for chickens and hogs, it destroys family farms, aquifers, soils,
and
pollutes the air and water....Industrial meat moguls site their
stinking
farms in the poorest communities and pay slave wages to their miniscule
work force for performing one of the most dangerous and unhealthy jobs
in America.
"Veggie
Heaven" - The UK Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant Guide
Search for
vegetarian
restaurants anywhere
at VegDining.com.
Farm
Shopping - "farmers & producers who sell direct through
Pick-Your-Own,
farm shops, stallholders at farmers' markets, and Home Delivery from
the
farm"
A n E a t k i n d
F e a t u r e V i d e o
Inside business-as-usual meat,
milk, eggs and fish
Watch the
back-story before putting any on your plate
(Graphic content: not suitable
for children; essential for adults)
LocalHarvest
-- "With the LocalHarvest map, you can find all the farmers' markets,
family
farms, locally-grown produce, grass-fed meats, and other sources of
sustainably
grown food in your area."
In
the early 1960s
I became a
vegetarian. But then I got hepatitis. So I went back to my previous
diet;
for a while it would be vegetarian one day, non-vegetarian the next. My
kitchen is now totally vegetarian. But when I visit places,
occasionally
I take non-vegetarian....
Industrial farming
isn’t just
bad for chickens and hogs, it destroys family farms, aquifers, soils,
and
pollutes the air and water....Industrial meat moguls site their
stinking
farms in the poorest communities and pay slave wages to their miniscule
work force for performing one of the most dangerous and unhealthy jobs
in America.
