Promote and encourage a vegan/vegetarian diet:
- End subsidies and tax breaks for meat producers/distributors.
- Put more vegan/vegetarian options on taxpayer-funded menus - i.e., in schools and prisons.
- Encourage vegan/vegetarian diets by allowing those on government assistance to purchase locally-grown and organic fruits and veggies and meat substitutes such as faux meats and tofu.
- Do not allow animal agriculture companies exemptions from environmental regulations.
Americans spend carbons on The Perfect Lawn. But lawns reflect sunlight and intensify the surface heat, and that costs us energy in air conditioning. Before the lawnmower, grannies had head-tall holleyhocks and waist-high daisys instead. And the biomass naturally cooled and retained moisture in the soil, so watering wasn't necessary. Plus, the lush biomass cut the breeze and was aesthetic. I'm proposing that we popularize the cottage garden... also encouraging fruit trees and edible plants.
American livestock owners are being subjected to a program that will put them out of business. The National Animal Identification System does nothing to promote animal health or food safety. It is essentially a tax, registering farm locations, requiring movement tracking and purchasing equipment that is not even invented yet in some cases. This is a voluntary USDA program but states are being encouraged to make mandatory locally. Protect sustainable farms and promote healthy food, stop NAIS
