I quit eating beef last December, due to the scare of Mad Cow. I'll probably become one of those hybrid-vegetarians eventually who eat just seafood and vegetables. No chicken, no pork, no cow. My transition probably won't be complete for a while yet, but I can see it happening eventually.
What I really want to see -- and haven't yet -- is some information on how much meat we can sustainably eat. I like red meat *and* I'm interested in, oh, not destroying the world. I'm willing to cut back, and I'm willing to pay a little more to support responsible farming practices. If everyone in the world ate pork once a month, could we get by?
My suspicion, by the way, is that chicken is more sustainable than seafood. We're starting to see a lot of overfishing problems. If you're interested, the Monterey Bay Aquarium provides cards you can carry around in your wallet so you can check what fishes are OK to eat before you order.
just in case you wanted a copy of the "responsible fish-eating" card. you can d/l a copy here. or, you could do your own search for one. with mercury levels in fish these days and gray-water dumping from cruise ships, fish isn't necessarily the healthiest option.
http://www.enature.com/feature/feature_news.asp?storyID=509
This has nothing to do with the previous comments to this post, but it leaves me wondering though. I guess the Buddhists were right about one thing, eh? =)
I think Buddhists are right about alot of things =)