I have always cared a lot about animals and when I say that I do not just mean cat and dogs I mean all animals. For the most part cats and dogs and the other typical animals that people have as pets are “respected.” However, there are so many other animals that are abused and killed every day and it is all for food. There are dogs and cats and other pets that get abused by their owners but the number for farm animals is so much higher. Ecofeminism is the connection between women and nature and it is the idea that women and the environment are not only connected but they are viewed in similar ways by men. Then one week we talked a lot about animals and vegetarianism and that section was shocking to me. Factory farming is a high demand business and the animals get treated so poorly. Both animals raised for meat and animals raised for milk and eggs are all raised in terrible conditions. I have thought about being a vegan for a long time and I really hope one day I am so for my action plan for the week is to go vegan. I hope that everything I eat for the entire week contains no animal products.
To successfully eat vegan for a week I have to go grocery shopping because no one in my family is vegetarian or vegan. When I am at the grocery store I will have to keep track of the ingredients in the products I am buying to make sure they do not contain any animal products at all. I often eat eggs for breakfast, so my alternative will be cereal with a plant-based milk such as almond milk. I am also going to buy veggie burgers and a lot of fruits and vegetables to assure that I am still getting the nutrients that I need. I also drink a lot of coffee so I will need to either add a dairy free creamer or almond milk to my coffee. This plan is more on a personal level and I will know for myself that I am saving animals lives. However, I could also try to inspire some other people by telling them what I am doing and educate them about the meat or animal industry in general. I believe a lot of people are unaware how bad factory farming really is and if I can educate some people it could really make a difference.
Greetings Lindsey.
Like you, I would try veganism for a week. My suggestions for improving on your plan as requested by professor. Find easy and seeming delicious recipes, or ask someone who is vegan, types of food they eat. Plan a week’s worth-breakfast to dinner, and snacks in between-you will be hungry-am told, because your body is missing the bulk it’s used to. Also, cosmetics have a lot of animal products, which would you not buy? granted, the natural products are more expensive-but change is interesting. For follow up- if you consider eating that way again, until you know for certain that the nutritional value is optimum, perhaps consider taking vitamin and iron supplements; vegans and and vegetarians it is said, bodies are low in iron, and other nutrients.
Enjoy eating.
bridget.