The Demise Of Meat

The Demise Of Meat

Susan Allen
Susan Allen

 

Hi Susan Allen for Open Range. I pulled out some old class photos the other day, you know the ones where the kids are  in three lines with the tall skinny guy  always back, middle. Anyway  I observed something interesting, not one of Mr. Baumans fifth graders  in that 1966 class room were obese, knobby kneed yes and only Betty would have been considered  a bit chubby  yet I  was raised on what today is known as   “comfort food” , hamburgers, meatloaf , hotdogs, macaroni casseroles, potato salad  and brownies. Yum! And unless you were Catholic you ate meat every day of the week. Stay tuned after the Break. So is  Peta winning in it’s fight to rid meat from our diets ? They say yes. School districts and colleges now have meat less Mondays . The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted new guidelines that urge everyone  to replace meat with fish yet despite all the bans and food police tactics kids just keep getting dangerously fatter. Yes there are more indoor diversion like video games  then those days when kids  played outside until dark but we also didn't  have activist  groups trying to frighten us about  about our food choices.  Peta was recently quoted in Wall Street Journal saying they have fielded 850,000 requests for vegetarian starter kits. Yes a lot of request but I wonder  how many “converts” . Tomorrow,  Ranchers go on the offensive...  how about an MBA in  beef-advocacy? Not kidding and remember to visit  OpenRange on  Facebook where I share  more musings on cattle, horses, comfort food whatever! .
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