Rethinking meat?

While this article is from a faith-based, and not a union perspective, it is a very interesting read nonetheless.

The Only Diet for a Peacemaker Is a Vegetarian Diet - John Dear

...vegetarianism is the best way to eliminate world hunger and to sustain the environment.

...eating meat causes almost 40 percent more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, and planes in the world combined...

Here's another take on the meat issue by animator & satirist Mark Fiore - Doreen the Downer.