Source: www.treehugger.com
UNITED STATES, August 16, 23010: Graham Hill’s (founder of treehugger.com) Weekday Vegetarian concept is controversial among some, who don’t think people should eat meat at all. But Time Magazine says that only 2.5% of Americans are strict vegetarians or vegans, and Graham’s idea is that any cutback in meat consumption is good for the environment. According to Vegetarian Times, a full 10% of Americans follow a “vegetarian-inclined” diet.
A surprising takeaway from the Time article is who agrees that the Weekday Vegetarian is a good thing. Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Way We Eat- Why Our Food Choices Matter, tells TIME that “People should go further, but it’s progress in the right direction.” And a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association noted that “A partial-vegetarian plan is a little more user-friendly”
But the surprise was from a group normally considered strident: PETA. “Absolute purists should be living in a cave,” says Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can’t take the position that it’s all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic.”