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by Nicole
The CO2-busting website CarbonRally.com has laid out its latest challenge for eco-gamers entitled Right Now Less Cow. Those that choose to accept the new mission are being asked to give up meat for at least two days this week. The site estimates the two-day meat moratorium will, on average, reduce a participant's carbon footprint by 13.2 lbs.

The Daily Mantra invites its readers to join our CarbonRally team. There's never been a better time to lose the beef, given that the specter of mad cow disease has raised its ugly head again with downed cattle (a euphemism for animals suspected of having the disease) having entered the food chain, this time thanks to corrupt managers and employees at a California slaughterhouse.

After the scandal was exposed by the Humane Society, who's investigators compiled secret video evidence, the Hallmark Meat Packing Co., of Chino, was shut down by the USDA. The slaughterhouse supplied meat to several major grocery store chains, and to America's School Lunch Program, and a massive meat recall is in effect.

Many news site have been reassuring worried consumers by reporting that "there is no evidence that the company's meat posed a health risk." This is misleading however, since Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an incurable degenerative neurological disorder which humans can contract by eating infected meat, is difficult to diagnose, and the onset of symptoms is often delayed by years, if not decades.

So on that cheery note, we suggest you join our team, and spread our new mantra, Right Now Less Cow, to those you care about. You'll help save the planet, and you may just save yourself in the process.

http://www.dailymantra.com
AndreaKnoll

4 responses // Right now less cow

  • Well, given the insane amount of methane gas cows produce, the fact that fifty percent of the US' water goes into feeding them, the fact that twelve pounds of protein that goes into a cow only produces one pound of meat, the fact that they're responsible for a loss in top soil throughout the world, and also are a major factor of deforestation... I really think we should just kill ALL cows, have a month long eat-in, and be done with it. They're more detrimental to the environment than the average person, and that's without even considering the burden eating too much of them puts on health care, insurance, airplane fees, and obesity statistics.
    AceHardchester
  • A take your point, but I don't think PETA would be happy with a mass extermination!
    AndreaKnoll
  • LOL, ACE!!! I am learning you are a man of extremes. Yikes already!
    twodee
  • Health-wise, we shouldn't be eating meat more than 2-3 times a week anyway, and ideally they should be three different types of meat. Red meat, white meat, and fish are a good trio. I'm no vegetarian, but I think as a society, we depend too much on meat being a "staple" of our diets. Try to envision a satisfying dinner that doesn't include meat as part of the main course. If you can't, you eat too much meat.

    Also, buy local and organic and you'll help even more.
    Allsunday

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