Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
According to a 2007 article in the
European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
, “vegetarian and
vegan diets could play an important role in
preserving environmental resources and in
reducing hunger and malnutrition in poorer
nations.”
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For us, a plant-and-planet-centered diet is a daily reminder that
we can re-create economic life so that it reflects our commonsense
and deepest values; for, individually, none would
choose
a world
that robs farmers of livelihoods, the soil and water of their health,
animals and people of their dignity, people of food for their sur-
vival. A first step in awakening is to realize that right now, today, we
ourselves can begin to make a different choice.
Anna Lappé
When my mother and I arrived on the early morning train into
Bhatinda, the heat of the Indian Punjabi state was just starting to
kick in. By the peak of the afternoon, the temperature would top
110 degrees.
We were traveling to this sun-baked spot to meet farmers in the
heart of the state who have been long viewed as India's granary.
These farmers were supposed to be the human evidence of the
success of industrial farming. But what we would hear that day—in
Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author and acclaimed public speaker on food,
sustainability and the environment.
