Hi, I joined Steemit less than a week ago and have read many articles throughout the week in order to get a flavour for what it's all about. This is by far my favourite article so far. I'm a vegetarian and I'm bringing my children up as vegetarian (until they are old enough to make their own minds up.) For me, it has always been a very personal thing; I simply feel better as a vegetarian than I did as a meat-eater. I feel lighter and healthier and I don't feel like my body 'needs' meat. I have never felt the need to ram my thoughts and opinions down other peoples' throats and I would never expect people to turn veggie just because I did.
However, reading about the over-all, global effects of vegetarian-ism is super-interesting and, in fact, up-lifting. At the end of the day, if nothing else, before people make their decision about being vegetarian or meat-eater, they should at least be informed. Informed about where the meat has come from and the processes that it has been through. Ignorance on that subject is something that I find somewhat annoying.
Thanks so much for this post :-)