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Topic: Any of Y'all Vegetarian?
technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 05:09 PM
I stopped eating meat in December 2017. About ten years before that, reducing my meat consumption was a factor in losing some weight and improving my health. For many years I had an increasing compulsion to go vegetarian. Watching a video of a pig being killed in a brutal way and seeing how it suffered sickened me and finalized my decision. To those who are or have been vegetarian: What's your veggie tale?

Rock Joined Thu 10/09/08 Posts: 21249	Sun 02/17/19 05:19 PM
Topic: Any of Y'all Vegetarian? Hell to the nah! But, to each their merry own. My veggie tale? I like to eat a bunch of Brussels sprouts, before long flights.

I_love_bluegrass Joined Wed 04/25/18 Posts: 1665	Sun 02/17/19 05:23 PM Edited by I_love_bluegrass on Sun 02/17/19 05:24 PM
I go back & forth.. As someone who has hunted, and grown livestock for it's unltimate end...anyone who does eat meat should be completely aware of where it comes from.. I don't eat a lot of meat mainly because of the "factory" farms...it isn't healthy to raise them that way.. MY critters were raised out in the fresh air...on grass..walking around, not in some dark warehouse.. When my husband was alive, he hunted..we ate deer...and the chickens we had..occasionally lamb... Right now I am primarily a lacto-ovo vegetarian..

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Sun 02/17/19 05:36 PM
I am not but I do not eat store bought meat or veggies. I hunt and have a garden that produces enough to can and or freeze . I have fruit trees and I have my chickens and goats.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 06:07 PM
Topic: Any of Y'all Vegetarian? Hell to the nah! But, to each their merry own. My veggie tale? I like to eat a bunch of Brussels sprouts, before long flights. Well thank goodness smoking on flights was banned! lit cigs and brussel sprout farts are likely more dangerous than a cabin full of Samsung devices.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 06:27 PM
I go back & forth.. As someone who has hunted, and grown livestock for it's unltimate end...anyone who does eat meat should be completely aware of where it comes from.. I don't eat a lot of meat mainly because of the "factory" farms...it isn't healthy to raise them that way.. MY critters were raised out in the fresh air...on grass..walking around, not in some dark warehouse.. When my husband was alive, he hunted..we ate deer...and the chickens we had..occasionally lamb... Right now I am primarily a lacto-ovo vegetarian.. I've never hunted, but I used to fish. Killing and gutting fish gave me an appreciation for the reality that the hunk of flesh on my plate was once a living being. Animals being raised with respect and dignity, and killed humanely is definitely preferable.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 06:34 PM
I am not but I do not eat store bought meat or veggies. I hunt and have a garden that produces enough to can and or freeze . I have fruit trees and I have my chickens and goats. What veggies do you like to grow? Over the years I've grown tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, corn, okra, watermelons... I've had the best results with tomatoes and peppers. Those okra plants can grow over 10 feet high if ya let em!

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Sun 02/17/19 06:40 PM
I always have tomato,okra, squash yellow and zucchini, spaghetti squash, lots of peppers, watermelon and cantaloupe, green beans and peas we like veggies.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 06:48 PM
I always have tomato,okra, squash yellow and zucchini, spaghetti squash, lots of peppers, watermelon and cantaloupe, green beans and peas we like veggies. That's awesome. The space that I can garden in is small. So I can only have a few plants and a few varieties.

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Sun 02/17/19 06:52 PM
I have a big area and I have a chicken run around it. They take care of the bugs and get exercise it's great.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Sun 02/17/19 07:08 PM
I have a big area and I have a chicken run around it. They take care of the bugs and get exercise it's great. Yeah, those type setups make so much sense and are better for the critters, and the environment. And I'll bet you've saved lots of scratch not having to pay for those expensive cluckin' yoga memberships.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Mon 02/18/19 05:26 PM
There aren't any other vegetarians here?

I_love_bluegrass Joined Wed 04/25/18 Posts: 1665	Mon 02/18/19 05:31 PM
Well, I said I was mostly a lacto-ovo vegetarian at present...

curious 777 Joined Sun 02/10/19 Posts: 5	Mon 02/18/19 05:58 PM
Great! I wish to have that too!

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Mon 02/18/19 06:14 PM
Well, I said I was mostly a lacto-ovo vegetarian at present... Yes, I noticed. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and experience pertaining to the topic.

Aroundtheworld37 Joined Tue 09/05/17 Posts: 4122	Mon 02/18/19 06:28 PM
I don’t eat meat except fish I have struggled with it for a long time starting as a kid around 7 I would cry and tell my parents I didn’t want to eat animals since then I’ve gone back and forth during pregnancy and a few other times I had to eat meat because I was anemic but I’m pretty content eating everything else

Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Mon 02/18/19 06:30 PM
I eat meat. Which is made of animals. Which eat plants. Technically, I am a vegetarian.

Toodygirl5 Joined Fri 10/26/12 Posts: 14404	Mon 02/18/19 07:03 PM
I am not a vegetarian, however, I love all types of vegetables. Growing up my Dad always had a garden. I do not eat much red meat mostly chicken and fish.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Mon 02/18/19 07:19 PM
I don’t eat meat except fish I have struggled with it for a long time starting as a kid around 7 I would cry and tell my parents I didn’t want to eat animals since then I’ve gone back and forth during pregnancy and a few other times I had to eat meat because I was anemic but I’m pretty content eating everything else Fortunately I haven't had any negative health impact. Initially I was concerned about protein deficiency, but eating more vegetable protein seems to be a sufficient replacement.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2627	Mon 02/18/19 07:21 PM Edited by technovative on Mon 02/18/19 07:38 PM
I eat meat. Which is made of animals. Which eat plants. Technically, I am a vegetarian. Well I'm no scientist... but technically I think that makes you an omnivore.