Blossom, I'd like to think that we could leave meat eating behind. A few problems arise:
Through the centuries, we've managed to destroy much biodiversity of vegetation. Many varieties of edible plants have disappeared in the mono-crop agriculture way of doing things. I'm not sure we could maintain health with the quality/variety of vegetables currently (and readily) available.
Increasingly, populations are in urban areas with the food system geared toward efficiency/cost effectiveness/quantity rather than quality/purity of foodstuffs. I don't think that's going to change soon.
I think that attempting a vegan only diet is difficult for many people to maintain and also many people lack the knowledge of what to eat... not to mention availability of all that's needed for balance.
Could we collectively all move to vegan. Probably, if collectively we concentrated all our effort to do so. But that goes for anything else in the "perfect world". We should have free energy now, but it's suppressed. We should have cures for cancer, but they're suppressed. Everyone should have enough to eat, but they don't. People should be healthier, but the food/air/water is bad. Yes, collectively we could do nearly anything, be we know why it isn't happening. It always boils down to the same thing no matter which "should be/ could be" we address. Money/power/vested interests... etc.
I'm not trying to be a smart ***. Just pointing out some of the reasons why... "it is what it is".
I'm not a vegan, nor pretend to know all about it... just offering some items for thought.
p.s. Are we counting seafood in with "meat"... just wondering.
Through the centuries, we've managed to destroy much biodiversity of vegetation. Many varieties of edible plants have disappeared in the mono-crop agriculture way of doing things. I'm not sure we could maintain health with the quality/variety of vegetables currently (and readily) available.
Increasingly, populations are in urban areas with the food system geared toward efficiency/cost effectiveness/quantity rather than quality/purity of foodstuffs. I don't think that's going to change soon.
I think that attempting a vegan only diet is difficult for many people to maintain and also many people lack the knowledge of what to eat... not to mention availability of all that's needed for balance.
Could we collectively all move to vegan. Probably, if collectively we concentrated all our effort to do so. But that goes for anything else in the "perfect world". We should have free energy now, but it's suppressed. We should have cures for cancer, but they're suppressed. Everyone should have enough to eat, but they don't. People should be healthier, but the food/air/water is bad. Yes, collectively we could do nearly anything, be we know why it isn't happening. It always boils down to the same thing no matter which "should be/ could be" we address. Money/power/vested interests... etc.
I'm not trying to be a smart ***. Just pointing out some of the reasons why... "it is what it is".
I'm not a vegan, nor pretend to know all about it... just offering some items for thought.
p.s. Are we counting seafood in with "meat"... just wondering.