PETA is Bad For Animals

We Need More People Like Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin, conservationist (Getty Images)

What do we do when we become aware that everything we eat involves the death of sentient beings?

We can choose to run and hide and think happy thoughts. Or we can choose to confront that reality head-on.

I’ve tried it all — eliminating animal foods made me sick and depressed. I became overweight and anxious. For the majority of my life I was a vegetarian, with occasional forays into veganism and raw foods.

My youth was spent trying to persuade others, including my unfortunate family and friends, that it was bad to eat animals. I would always bring the Tofurky to Thanksgiving, or order the black bean burger at the cafe.

I thought I was making a big difference.

All that changed when I began to eat animal foods from local farmers.

I started to eat animal products from local farmers because I knew where the animal had come from, how it had been treated, and what it ate. I also knew that my dollars would be circulated within the community, rather then being sent off to some corporation that did not care about me, my family, or my community.

There were so many positive to eating these types of animal foods that it seemed less harmful overall to the earth to do so, so I…