143 MILLION more reasons

Last month, the USDA grudgingly ordered another beef recall. This time it was 143 MILLION pounds of beef packaged and shipped up to a year and a half earlier. Much of this tainted meat was served to our children.
Think about this:
* Mad cow disease lies dormant for up to ten years before symptoms of brain disease begin to show.
* E-coli poisoning is much preferable, since it manifests immediately.
* Animal born diseases sicken and kill thousands each year.
* Factory-style animal slaughter houses (which produce the vast majority of the meat you eat and feed your family) are rife with cases of blatant abuse, misuse, and mishandling.
* Animals that are killed in terror release massive amounts of negative hormones, including natural antibodies and adrenaline into their systems, which are passed along to those who eat that meat.
* The excessive demand for meat to eat contributes hugely to pollution of water, land, and air, increasing the damage done to you and your family.
* According to the US Department of Agriculture statistics, one acre of land can grow 20,000 pounds of potatoes...
* That same acre of land, when used to grow cattle feed, can produce less than 165 pounds of edible cow flesh.
* Every second, one football field of rainforest is destroyed in order to produce 257 hamburgers. Rainforests are vital to life on earth - they regulate the global climate and the water cycle, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and provide humans with medicines, food, and much more.
* Two-thirds of Central America’s rainforests have been destroyed, in part to raise cattle whose meat, typically found in hamburgers and processed meat, is exported to profit the US food industry.
* Over 4 million acres of cropland are lost to erosion in the US every year due to plundering farmlands to fatten animals for slaughter.

Eating meat just doesn't make any sense at all. The only honest reason to eat meat is "I just want to." And when that is balanced against all the negatives, it pretty much amounts to selfish gluttony.
You are too smart to keep eating meat. And you're too caring to keep feeding it to your family.
Just say no. Your body will thank you, your family will thank you, and you can feel good about yourself.

Bobby - just too darned smart to eat meat.