No animal needs to die in order for me to live. And that makes me feel good.

There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance. And that moral basis is a concern for the environment, a value as absolute as the value we all place on human life, since humanity will not survive for long on a poisoned planet. To be an environmentalist who happens to eat meat is like being a philanthropist who doesn't happen to give to charity.

1,000 cows in the U.S. are alive at night and dead in the morning. These cows on the ground are ground into feed, making their fellows not only carnivores but cannibals. Europe after Mad Cows' Disease has banned this practice. The U.S has not yet.

If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life.

Everything revolves around the fork.

To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.

I believe if the viewing of slaughter was required to eat meat, most folks would become vegetarians.