http://www.easternecho.com I recently moved here from Colorado. During my time there, I became a “citizen” of the western region. In the West people move more slowly, life is more casual and people are extremely earthy, outdoorsy and food-conscious. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:35:53 -0400 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/70 I’m not sure where you were living in Colorado… The meat industry in CO (where I’ve lived all my life) is huge! Thouh it’s true in Denver and Boulder vegetarians aren’t unheard of, in the rest of the state it’s extremely rare. Vegans are practically non-existant. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:51:12 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/70 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/71 Here’s a short 12 minute video that gives some great reasons! http://veganvideo.org/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:05:26 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/71 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/80 I’d just like to point out that the generally accepted figure for the number of animals raised per year for food consumption is not 10 billion but 55 billion …. and that excludes ocean life. That is around 100,000 per minute every minute of every day. The following website has a counter that shows this graphically by species. I have no connection with this site and similar examples can be found elsewhere… http://www.wfad.org/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:35:53 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/80