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**kertionderf** · 09-10-2008, 09:54 PM

i agree with detlef 110%
i'm a natural vegetarian - eating meat and fish was always wrong to me, i was completely confused by it as a child, i ate it to please my parents but stopped at age 10, at which time i was old enough to explain why i needed to be vegetarian and to assist in food preparation.

the only place you need to look for answers to the vegetarian or not vegetarian debate is within.

however, i work as a marketing consultant - among my clients are a butcher and an organic livestock farm. i have the utmost respect for these businesses, they are non exploitative and trade ethically, sustainably and seek to encourage people to understand their food. despite being veggie i enjoy promoting what they do. i would however feel differently about exploitative farming practices or wasteful food production companies.

interestingly my son who turned 2 a couple of weeks ago asked his first vegetarian question today - he was watching a kids tv programme that mentioned fish as in food, and was clearly confused by the difference between fish for eating and fish swimming about. i tried to explain the difference and that we don't eat fish. i suspect we shall have many interesting vegetarian-related discussions as he grows... i however believe that since he chose me to parent him, he has already chosen a vegetarian childhood.

09-10-2008, 09:54 PM	#30
kertionderf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 498 Senior Member	i agree with detlef 110% i'm a natural vegetarian - eating meat and fish was always wrong to me, i was completely confused by it as a child, i ate it to please my parents but stopped at age 10, at which time i was old enough to explain why i needed to be vegetarian and to assist in food preparation. the only place you need to look for answers to the vegetarian or not vegetarian debate is within. however, i work as a marketing consultant - among my clients are a butcher and an organic livestock farm. i have the utmost respect for these businesses, they are non exploitative and trade ethically, sustainably and seek to encourage people to understand their food. despite being veggie i enjoy promoting what they do. i would however feel differently about exploitative farming practices or wasteful food production companies. interestingly my son who turned 2 a couple of weeks ago asked his first vegetarian question today - he was watching a kids tv programme that mentioned fish as in food, and was clearly confused by the difference between fish for eating and fish swimming about. i tried to explain the difference and that we don't eat fish. i suspect we shall have many interesting vegetarian-related discussions as he grows... i however believe that since he chose me to parent him, he has already chosen a vegetarian childhood.
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