I used to be mostly vegetarian. But living near farmers and milk farms made me realize that if you don't eat meat because the animals suffer, then you should definitely not eat dairy products either. In fact, I'd say dairy cows suffer more than animals raised for their meat.
Another thing that I've come to realize only by living in the countryside is that not nearly all farming land is suitable to produce vegetables. Instead a lot of land can be made to produce anything useful only by making animals eat the grass first.
From ecological perspective not eating meat is a very good thing and I hope more people would do it.
14 years
