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Intro to Meatless March

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When I was very small, my favorite meal was steak and mushrooms. I eschewed all vegetables other than corn until I was well into adulthood. I was a committed carnivore. Me as a baby I still love meat. But in light of climate change evidence and predictions, I started to see my carnivorous lifestyle as grossly irresponsible. Our food supply chain currently causes 26 percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, but if people switch to plant-based diets, we can reduce the food supply chain's emissions by up to 70 percent (see  https://www.axios.com/growing-food-staggering-environmental-footprint-65a6d84e-3188-4b59-b68e-53dfe70a85de.html ). I was never going to quit meat "cold turkey" - after all, turkey is scrumptious.  Quit meat "cold turkey?" I think not. But I have been decreasing the amount of meat I consume, by finding vegetarian alternatives that my family members agree are delicious. Going a whole month without meat will