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Meatless Thursday (Monday too?)
I’m always delighted when a government embraces moderation in animal
product consumption. Cities, states, even the United States can get
behind moderating energy consumption, water use, or even paper
(=trees), but Americans can be a little more touchy about their meat.
Over in European countries, where consumers seem to eat quantities of
meat similar to what we eat, however, governments seem to do a little
more to promote the power of eating a more plant-based diet.
Given, we don’t have a lot to go on here - just an announcement here, a proclamation there - but a recent announcement in the Belgian city of Ghent
still seems like more than we could expect from a city on this side of
the pond: they’re going Meatless on Thursdays. Their announcement cites...More>>
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