Eating a Whopper is an epic way to stop being a vegetarian. Regarding the moral implications of meat eating, how do you feel about cultured meat? Lab grown meat that has less of a carbon footprint and no moral impact regarding animal cruelty or living conditions.
I could still remember that life-changing Whopper moment haha.
I think for as long as animals are raised kindly and sustainably, that would be ideal when cows freely graze and hens are free to roam.
Like my part-time vegetarian friend who eats plant-based at home and then eats whatever is served by their friends when invited over for dinners would be something, I might explore for a while.
Yeah I lived that method - your friends method, for about 2-3 years but I've since gone back to eating meat regularly.
I find eating vegetarian to be very boring and generally unsatisfying but I also feel super guilty about eating meat. I am totally looking forward to when cultured meat is cost effective and can be sold in grocery stores
Interesting to know about your lifestyle before. I know what you mean about feeling guilty. We don't have cultured meat available in the Philippines yet. I can imagine it costs way more. The ones we have are mostly organic and sustainably raised agriculture served in a few specialty restaurants.
Cultured meat isn't really a thing in North America yet, or anywhere for that matter. But a lot of companies are working on it and are now just trying to make it economical. Originally when the idea was first thought of it cost around 30 thousand dollars to make a meatball! But now is down to a few bucks. Eventually it will be mass produced and cheap enough for the average consumer to buy buy then public opinion will probably be the next hurdle. That's awesome that most meat where you're at is organic and sustainable and all that. Excellent!
There were talks about it here -articles about lab-grown meat and the like but it's non-existent yet. Sorry, I didn't explain it well. Organic meats are available in the cities in selected healthy restaurants but they're expensive. Where we live, being in the province, it's much easier be-friending the wet market owner to know where their meats are coming from as opposed to buying them from supermarkets to see their conditions if one wants to know further. There are free-range organic native chickens available, chickens raised in the backyards as added household income.
Ok, I see. Makes sense. It's nice to know where food is coming from if you can.