From Ali
Week Four

 As I read Into the Fire, it really got me thinking about Westminster's Campus. We're a little bit smaller than the 4,500 students at Yale University, but if their students had such a large impact on their campus, why can't we? We don't need Sodexo to provide us with their disgusting, fake food when we can eat organically and locally from farmers around the Salt Lake Valley. If we began to purchase large amounts of local food, we would see a different in the demand of the food, but also in the health of our students. We could also provide more vegan and vegetarian options, and food that would be preferred by most. It was really neat to read that just by purchasing apples, they were able to also get local meat in their school as well that was treated humanely and without hormones. If more universities began to do this, the demand for organics and local would sky-rocket, and the prices would decline, as well as the health problems in our country. 

This week, the presentation was on ethics. I've seen videos before, read books, and I'm very well aware of the things that go on in slaughterhouses, however, each and every single time I watch a video, I can't help but burst into tears. It really bothers me the things that they do the animals. It is so cruel and if we were to do something like that to any domesticated animal, it would be and is illegal. Hearing stories like Michael Vick with the dog fighting comes out in the news everywhere, but slaughterhouses are rarely heard of and when they are, people think it's just the radical, hippie point of view making up things. If people actually knew what went on in slaughterhouses, they would greatly reconsider what they ate...

I loved the last day of class, the meal was fantastic, and I'm so excited to embark on this journey of veganism!