In a spirit of harmony and unity in these dangerous and conflicting times, the New York Times
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gives us an opinion on which we can all agree: “The end of the meat is there.. “
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“With the horror of the pandemic spreading from behind and the new questioning of what is essential, we can now see the door that has always been there. As in a dream where our houses have rooms unknown to us, we feel that there is a better way to eat, a life closer to our values. On the other hand, it is not something new, but something from the past: a world in which the peasants were not myths, the tortured bodies were not food and the planet was not the invoice at the end of the meal ”.
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It is the award-winning author Jonathan Safran Foer, best known for “Everything Is Illuminated” in 2002, but who also wrote the fiction book “Eating Animals” in 2009, summarizing for Times readers his belief that the pandemic of coronavirus he “opened the door”. to realize that we, as a society, must move away from the meat industry.
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“The combination of meat shortages and President Trump’s decision to order the opening of slaughterhouses despite protests from workers at risk has inspired many Americans to consider how essential meat is,” writes Foer in his article, which was published Thursday.
He noted that six of the 10 “impressive” counties that the White House has identified as COVID-19 hotspots are locations for these slaughterhouses.
Foer presented the details of the “scary reality” within these factories, as well as the impact of the factory-farm business model on the environment, human health and, of course, animals.
However, the United States is divided in two as to its will to brake.
“Meat is ingrained in our culture and personal stories in a way that matters too much, from Thanksgiving turkey to hot dog,” he said. “The meat has unique and wonderful smells and flavors, with satisfactions that can almost feel like at home.”
But the coronavirus pandemic could permanently change our approach to the thorny problem, he said. Discover the recent successes of Impossible and Beyond Meat
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as proof that consumers are ready to adapt and consider alternatives.
“At least he forced us to watch,” wrote Foer. “When it comes to an embarrassing subject like meat, it is tempting to pretend that unambiguous science is a defense, to find comfort in exceptions that could never be scaled up and to speak of our world as theoretical. “
Their conclusion: we cannot protect the environment or protect ourselves from future pandemics by eating meat regularly as if there were no direct correlation.
“This is not a rebuttable prospect, but a trivial truth,” he said.
As the “end of meat” has increased on Twitter
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list of trends, the comments section of the Times’ history also exploded, with hundreds of readers repeating:
Bill Wilson of Dartmouth, Massachusetts does not buy the writer’s argument.
“The smallest and most balanced real family farms, focusing on local consumption and shifting all agricultural subsidies to food equity programs would transform our health and our environment,” he wrote. “Chemicals and mass food systems are the enemy, not the carnivores.
On the other hand, David from Harrodsburg, Ky., Thanked Foer for his “incredible” view.
“Finally, an article that says everything I believe in! I have been “meatless” for 7 years. I am 56 years old, I have not taken any medicine, (zero) I have lost weight and I feel good every time I eat a meal, “he said.” I am vegan for “the health of the planet, for the animals who deserve to live with dignity, for the poor workers in the slaughterhouses and finally for my own health! It is a victory every time I sit down to eat.”
And of course, the Internet was busy doing its thing:
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