For me it was health and keeping it that way. I see no point in eating the poison found in fast food, junk food, etc. Vitamins and minerals please. They can keep the HFCS and MSG.

What motivated you?

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    The realization that cow math doesn’t work out. Cows need to be pregnant to give milk. A pregnancy will typically result in a calf being born. In practice, a milk cow lives 5-6 years, with a calf born every 12-14 months. So, that’s about 5 new cows per 1 milk cow.

    You necessarily have to kill cows to prevent those numbers from exploding, even after just one generation. Basically, vegetarianism is not possible, because you do not prevent the slaughtering of cows by refusing to buy the outcome.