Another Solution To Combat Climate Change?

 A vegetable solution?

Bob and I were in town today and stopped at the local Hofer. Yes, it was beyond packed as it was a long weekend and month end too. But, what to do when one needs to stock up...we both were masked to the hilt and got going.

Well, what a good choice today proved to be. It turns out that Hofer had slashed fruit and vegetable prices by up to 50 % and then still had some of them marked down a further 50 % due to it being a long weekend. Gosh, for us vegans it was like an early Christmas and my lunch was a lovely concoction of diverse fruits and vegetables. Yummy.

I know what benefits fruit and vegetables have. Be they from the health angle or the environmental one. If only I had known about the vegan way of life back in my twenties I would have saved myself endless tears over the inability to shed weight as well as setting a road map to a healthy long life. Better late than never!

Anyway, as I was working my way around the produce display I couldn't help but notice how many others were doing the same and really taking oodles of produce. Believe me, unheard of here, apart from fellow vegans. People of all ages were stocking up on those cheap fruits and vegetables.

That got me thinking. What if the governments the world over subsidize produce instead of animal agriculture? Instead of a piece of meat costing less than a head of cauliflower, lets reverse it. By now most of us know that animal agriculture is one of the main culprits of climate change. Rain forests being cut down in order to plant soy for animal feed. I wish they would think about that when they eat Schnitzel, steak and co. Even here in our area there are huge maize and soy fields subsidized by the EU, not for us humans but for animal feed. 

If the price of meat would reflect its true cost, a cost that isn't subsidized by us taxpayers ( twice actually as eating an animal based diet could caused diabetes, heart problems and cancers for which the treatments cost a fortune and is indirectly borne by all of us ). As well as the price of fresh produce going down due to it being subsidized, than more, not all of course, would switch to a more plant based diet. A plant based diet which is one of the best ways to fight climate change.

Honestly, all those talks by the big environmental players ( Greenpeace, Peta & Greta ) are all well and good but so far I have yet to hear them push the idea of a plant based way of life in order to achieve a reversal in greenhouse gases. This should be shouted out from the rooftops as it is something that each and every one of us can do. Be it a plant based meal a week, a day or all the way. The time for small talk has passed, it is time to step up to the plate...

Biggi