Lately, I've wondered whether more time and effort needs to be made actually by the likes of us to informing vegetarian and vegan organisations around the globe, like PETA, Vegan Outreach and the Vegan Society. There are some great posts here lately about social conditioning. For much of the public, these types of organisations are the public face of vegetarian living. This means they are forms of cultural conditioning about mass vegetarian ideas and thinking. Bit problematic though is that most are fine to promote meat analogs and substitutes, and oils, that do damage to our health. Their agendas are usually much more about relieving animal suffering, and not the most health promoting diet. Yikes!
Important that the animal suffering agenda might be, it's not really what the public want to hear. There's definitely something more appealing for the public en mass I feel about focusing on human needs and health, as that's where public interest lies most. Imagine if PETA's resources were channelled into McDougall style eating. They'd win probably more reductions in animal suffering if a % of people change to vegetarian McDougall through health concerns, than through any other campaign they've ever had to date.
Maybe this is nothing new, but very interested if any fellow McDougallers support PETA, Vegan Outreach etc. or have views about it.
Barry
"All people are made alike - of bones and flesh and dinner. Only the dinners are different.”
Gertrude Louise Cheney