Generally, the higher on the food chain you eat, the more energy and resources required to produce your food. Without getting into the thorny moral and biological issues of industrial meat production, it is clear that you should listen to your mom's advice: eat your veggies! Remember, you don't need to be a vegetarian to eat like a vegetarian.
1. A vegetarian meal can be much more than cheese pizza or spaghetti without meatballs. In fact, going meatless for a couple nights a week may very well open up a whole new world of possibility! Check out Vegetarian Times for no shortage of fun recipes.
2. Go on a date night to Watercourse Restaurant, Mellow Mushroom, or another restaurant with awesome vegetarian food.
3. Take the family to the Farmer's Market and wander around the festival-like atmosphere. While there, talk with the vendors about how your food is raised and where it is coming from.
4. Are you eating more plants, but still hankering for meat? Reduce the amount of meat in any recipe by half and use the money you save to buy organic.
5. Speaking of, it doesn't get more organic, free range, and local than wild game. Not sure if hunting is quite your thing? You can at least read some interesting accounts in The Omnivore's Dilemma or The Mindful Carnivore.
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