confession and concession of the consummate carnivore ...

with all the buzz surrounding the recent (relatively) release of the film 'food, inc.' ive begun to dig a bit into the whole anti-factory farm, pro-sustainability, anti-processed food movements. for anyone who knows me you would know that i have spent serious time with all things meat; both in a professional sense and in a consumer sense. cheeks, loins, tails, toungues, ribs, stomachs, and of corse livers have all been on my plate at one point or another, so immediately i went into this investigative process with a healthy dose of skepticism.

what i found was interesting. the 'slow food' movement has gone mainstream. the basic principles of 'slow food' is fresh, healthy, and natural production of all foods. this toally includes meat. fish, beef, pork, and poultry are key elements in 'slow food' and are staple diests for all americans. the problem that 'food, inc.' is trying to pinpoint and tackle isnt cant be found in the 'slow food' movement, the problem is found in the consumption driven commercial food industry.

ive never been a big advocate of fast food or chain restaurants, but even the most basic research reveals that these are the main industries that have the greatest amount of influence over the way farms are run. with this in hand i spent the last weekend in the nations capitol with a good friend of mine who turned me onto the eco-concious, uber liberal, but rather pratical movement called 'meatless mondays'. its simple: obstain from meat on mondays and you help cut down on the use of water, gas, emissions, antibiotics, etc ...

i figured id take my friends advice and try out what it woul be like to be a veggie for a day. it wasnt so bad. very do-ible, but something that i would only want to keep doing for a day. the other six weeks ill be eating beef, assorted poultry products, and anything else i can get my hands on. ill let you know how it goes ... 1 meatless monday is already in the record books.

1st meatless monday ingedients included: peanutbutter, squash, eggplant, fettuccine, arugala, mozzarella, and pinenuts.

here is a video from earth day that had something to do with the meatless monday movement