week 4

Well, I can't even begin to tell you how much this class has changed, and will continue to change, not only my eating habits, but my life. I am not going to become full on vegan, or even vegetarian, however I have, and will continue to keep changing my eating habbits until hopefully one day I can become vegan. Let me list the things that I did this month that I haven't ever done before taking this class:

-Shopped at Whole Foods
-Discovered where the organic section is at Smiths
-Bought only organic fruits and vegetables
-Bought kale, sprouts, and quinoa
-Went to the grocery store and didn't buy any meat (that's not to say I didn't have any stored in the freezer, but still this was a HUGE step for me.)

Although I am far from vegan, even doing what little I did to change my diet was a huge leap in the right direction for me. Originally, the only valid argument in my mind to go vegan was for health reasons, however, after all our class sessions and all the readings, you convinced me that health is not the only reason, and that the other four reasons are just as valid.

It took me up until today when we watched the movie in class about the slaughter houses to be convinced that social justice is a reason to go vegan. That movie clip was appalling, but it got the point across and I'm glad we watched it. It sickens me at how manipulative the meat industry is. Something that really struck my attention was that it's acceptable to kill pigs, but not dogs, even though pigs are just as intelligent and "personable". It doesn't make sense.

As always, the food today was delicious. The combination of the quinoa, sweet onions, and fake meat (I forget the real name of it) was to die for. And the chocolate cake made me speechless.

Again, thank you for amazing class. You literally changed my life.