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Post by Robplough on Mar 31, 2008 14:16:44 GMT
This week it is just 1 sausage, a few weeks aga it was Beef, what will it be...?
I think that a lot to do with food these days is the rubbish that is put in to it. Years ago butchers would hang their meat up outside their shop with flies and God knows what hanging around it. These days you got to be so careful, if a butcher was to do the same these days, they would be closed the same day.
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Post by larny on Apr 23, 2008 8:29:43 GMT
Thanks Rob, I agree. Far too much of our food is tampered with and has a load of unneccessary rubbish added to it. It's such a shame we have to pay a premium for organic foods - that's how food should be!
What do you think of Sir Paul McCartney's urges to turn vegetarian if you want to save the planet? He said the meat industry is one of the major contributors to global warming, and is surprised most major environmental organisations left vegetarianism off their lists of top ways to tackle climate change.
The vegetarian Society didn't. My son has had a poster saying this on his door for ages. Nice one Macca!
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Post by larny on May 19, 2008 7:54:00 GMT
It's national vegetarian week starting from today (May 19th - 25th) and is the annual awareness raising campaign to promote veggie food and all the benefits of following a meat free diet. Why not try the delicious veggie friendly mushroom risotto on page 18 of THE LOCAL INFO magazine - OUT NOW!! Or give a veggie a hug
Here are some facts from the vegetarian society:
18% of world global greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock production compared to 13% from transport.
Livestock production is responsible for 70% of Amazonian deforestation.
In the last century, over fishing has resulted in a 90% decline in tuna, cod and marlin populations.
A recent study showed that young people who made the decision to go veggie went on to have higher IQs.
Research shows that vegetarians are no more likely to suffer from iron deficiency than meat eaters.
Vegetarians have lower blood cholesterol levels than meat eaters.
During WW11 the Ministry of Food granted vegetarians extra rations of cheese and a special distribution of nuts to be sold only to veggies.
Mrs J Brotherton wrote the first cookery book devoted to vegetarian recipes in 1812.
Plato, Einstein and Pythagoras were vegetarians.ENJOY!
www.vegsoc.org
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