Case of the Mondays

Well, here I am at my lunch hour eating a fake chicken patty with baby spinach, mustard and a mega multi grain roll and some dried figs. This is the first time I have tried the meatless chicken and I MUST say it is pretty darn good. In keeping with my new vegan status, I just finished the book "The Omnivore's Dilemma" in which the author explores the human species as an omnivore and the implications of that regarding what we eat and how what we eat gets to our tables. It was helpful to me in confirming that my decision to become a vegan is the right one for me. Yesterday my daughter and I went to a Farm Sanctuary near Watkins Glen - petted cows, pigs, sheep, goats, and turkeys. They all had names and it was a wonderful experience. All these are animals rescued from slaughter and will live the rest of their natural lives being taken care of on the Farm. Individuals can sponsor a farm animal to help defray costs and support the efforts for the ethical treatment of animals. The more people I tell I am a vegan (even doctors), the more I realize that I am joining what many people consider an extreme radical lifestyle. I only see that I have been educated about what goes into my mouth and how it got to the restaurant or the grocery store, how certain food impacts my health and how raising farm animals for slaughter adds to global warming. I guess I can't understand how so many others can remain ignorant. If being a vegan makes me a radical, I am happy to take that label on.