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Vego Dilemma

By Rebel Black, CEO and Founder I’m Not Fussy

I have to confess I am not a true vegetarian – I am a lacto, ovo, pisco vego that occasionally also eats chicken…so really, I don’t eat red meat!

I have come to this choice based on health; red meat does not agree with me, and to be honest, the less chicken I eat the better I feel too.

But I will say, that the longer I am vegetarian, my decision shifts more to ethics each day.

Given that I was raised on a sheep and cattle farm where our animals were fattened for consumption, my dad slaughtered our own sheep (mutton) and milked the cow for us to enjoy and I raised poddy calves that would later be sent to the abattoir, it is a fair shift in attitude.

I used to be quite comfortable with the process, albeit was often spooked by the writhing sheep hanging by its back legs, nerves still twitching, and the ducks Dad once caught, running around wildly headless, whilst my sister and brother and I cowered behind the tank while my Dad called to us to watch, because ‘if you are going to eat it, you have to understand what happens to it’.

Like my Dad, I am a fan of the ‘small holder’ mentality, where you grow your own and therefore know that the animal has been treated humanely and fed wisely and lived a good life.

It is important to understand what happens to your animals before they appear on your plate - but, for me, now it becomes more of a dilemma about why the need to kill at all.

There are some delicious and nutritious vegetarian options – beans and pulses are so underrated and offer a great alternative source of protein.

When you get to grow your own vegetables, like we do, it is so satisfying to sit down to eat an entire meal out of the garden, where, except for a few slippery slugs and the odd cabbage moth, nothing has had to die!

In Australia we consume about 110kgs of meat per person, per year , which if you consider that there are a growing number of vegetarians nationally – is more than the recommended daily intake, according to the Australian Dietary Guidelines for Adults (1 200g serve of meat daily).

There has been a slow movement towards encouraging ‘meat free Monday’s , which of course is countered by the meat producers associations with their own campaigns for including more meat in your diet!

At the end of the day, you have to go with your gut and your heart!

If meat makes you happy, eat it, but eat it sensibly, fresh and from an ethical source – but don’t think it is the only place you can get protein and vitamins and minerals…Vegetables are FAB!