I grew up in a small town. A Steel town, where pretty much everybody I know has bacon for breakfast, cold cut sandwiches for lunch and a steak for dinner. I could not imagine a life without eating meat. Since I have moved to Ottawa I have had my eyes opened up to different possibilities. I have friends that are vegetarian, vegan freegan and even raw vegans. One of my favourite places to eat used to be the Keg and now it is the Pantry. I have to thank Gerard Daechsel and Carolyn Best from the Pantry for introducing me to this. I was glad to see the PERC put forth this "Veggie challenge". Even though I knew about all the personal health benefits and this lower impact a vegetarian diet has on the world I still had difficulty convincing myself this is the way for me to go. Now that I have taken on the challenge I can see that it is not that difficult. My next challenge is convince my friends and family of the merits. I have already tricked them into enjoying vegetarian chili, burgers, eggsalad and stir fry. Nobody knew the difference until I told them afterward. I figure if I can atleast reduce the amount of meat they eat, it will make a huge difference. I hope everyone else in the PERC is taking on the challenge too.
Jason Lawrence
PERC Board secretary
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Good on ya Jason ... and you make a really important point, the most effective way to educate is to lead by example and expose people to it directly.
It worked on you, and will work on the ones that you are trying to influence ...
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