Occupy Your Plate!
In addition to plenty of evidence that people are eating less meat (see this recent column (http://markbittman NULL.com/why-are-we-eating-less-meat) by Mark Bittman), there are promising signs that Occupy protesters and others are getting the message about the connection between veganism and economic justice. There is now ‘Occupy Your Plate’ campaign, spearheaded by the pro-vegan Food Empowerment Project (http://www NULL.foodispower NULL.org/10_eating_tips NULL.htm). Another example is the tongue-in-cheek ‘Chickens are the 95%’ meme (http://appetiteforjustice NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2012/01/95 NULL.html). This is nothing to laugh about, however, considering that chickens are the overwhelming majority of animals killed for meat in the U.S. (90% of the 10 billion land animals killed). We’ve still got a lot of work to do, so it would be preemptive to say that we’re winning and we can sit back on our laurels while the everyone quickly becomes vegan. But we do need to claim our victories as they come, and like the song says, keep our eyes on the prize.
* Cartoon from the Appetite for Justice blog at the Food Empowerment Network.
