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    Eating meat may be one of the oldest behaviors of mankind. However, it has been proven humans do not need meat to survive. It has been proven vegetarians can live an equal, if not better, healthy lifestyle compared to those who consume meat. Yet Vegetarians, although they are becoming more accepted and common, are still seen as a liberal niche. Meat eating in society does not even give a second thought to most people, but the ethicists and philosophers are asking: Is eating meat morally correct

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    Last week, Shawn Archibeque spoke to the class and presented an optimistic perspective of the meat industry. I learned about the meat industry in the past, but this was the first time that I had heard someone defending the meat industry. It was very refreshing to hear about the different perspectives in the meat industry. Listening to Shawn in class and writing this paper, I realized that this is a very controversial topic and that there is no easy solution to feed everyone and limit the damages

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    consumes over 80 kilograms of meat every year. If you’re familiar with the heavy burden meat production and consumption places on the environment, this is dreadful, but rational information. Meat production is known to require an immense amount of energy, resulting in it being far less efficient than eating crops, but also contributes to increased greenhouse gas emissions and consuming meat has to potential to seriously harm your body, to only mention a few of meats downsides. The obvious way to

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    Meat has become a staple in the American diet. According to an article published by NPR, an average American was eating 207.7 pounds of meat per year in 2010 (Barclay). After research came to light linking cholesterol and saturated fat found in meat products to heart disease, new food and health guidelines have suggested lowering the amount of meat eaten in the average diet. The new USDA food guidelines, “MyPlate,” were formed in 2010 and propose eating 5 ½ oz. of protein foods a day for a basic

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    Let’s talk about the relationship between masculinity and meat. Let’s talk about the fact that men in the United States consume twice as much beef, pork and chicken compared to women (United States Department of Agriculture, 2016). Let’s talk about the fact that in order to be masculine, one must consume meat, because this is reality of the society we live within. By engaging in the discussion of masculinity and meat, we enable our society to begin to deconstruct this hegemonic masculinity and relationships

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    World hunger is considered one of the global food crises and sadly more than more 850 million people in the world are suffering from it specially in developing countries. (Holt,2008,para.1).Some people assume that world hunger is still a grave problem because simply there is no enough food to feed everyone. However , scientists who have studied world hunger will tell you that the world produces more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet. But why there is still many people suffering from

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    Is it ethical to eat meat? Many people either believe that, or simply choose to be oblivious about the truth or the basic idea that puts all non-vegetarians on a pedestal only to increase their ego, comfortably forcing everyone else to look away from the ugly truth about meat consumption, therefore reinforcing the senseless debate about humans being at the top of the food chain, as if people were savages and need meat to survive. If that’s the case, then why not eat raw meat? There’s no connection

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    Mallory Reynolds Megan Condie April 21, 2015 Essay #4 Meat In Diet & Livestock Production Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updates the American government’s dietary guidelines. These guidelines advise Americans about what is healthy for humans to eat, but in 2015, for the first time, these guidelines named “The Sustainable Power Plate” also reflect what is healthy for the global environment as well by suggesting eating meat in moderation, if at all. The evidence of rapid climate

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    there won’t be any meat left for consumption. No Cows, no Pigs, no Sheep. But what if we had a solution to replace real meat with artificial meat? Test Tube Meat is more beneficial than normal meat for people and animals because it is more eco-friendly. We can have a better environment if we switch to Test Tube Meat. Maybe even a better future for the world. We can change the world if we just do something different, something new. Test Tube Meat is more beneficial than regular meat because it’s fat-free

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    Research question (modified): Abstract: In the next few decades, meat consumption is expected to increase. Currently, U.S is the highest meat-consuming nation in the world. In order to produce meat, livestock has to be raised, fed, and slaughtered. At the moment, livestock production is responsible for contributing to the negative environmental effects because livestock production results in greenhouse gas emissions, livestock production requires a lot of water, and livestock production takes up

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