tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post4114325768733284995..comments2023-08-23T23:53:58.164-04:00Comments on <a href="http://paulstokes.blogspot.com">The Stokes Kith and Kin Community Blog</a>: Surprise!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post-391949907341440912011-10-03T11:18:54.447-04:002011-10-03T11:18:54.447-04:00I actually meant to leave this comment on the post...I actually meant to leave this comment on the post below, but I suppose it also fits here.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422299.post-7574793518983199112011-10-03T11:16:23.898-04:002011-10-03T11:16:23.898-04:00On a similar note, we have a friend who knows we a...On a similar note, we have a friend who knows we are on a vegan diet, and who has never expressed any interest in such a diet for herself. Yesterday she gave me a brochure which her husband had received from his municipal employer with his most recent paycheck. The flyer was about World Vegetarian Day which was Oct. 1, and it encouraged people to consider switching to a vegetarian diet, whether for a day or a longer period of time. It went on to list the many benefits of such a diet - improving one's health, reducing one's health care costs, reducing worldwide land use and deforestation caused by the large amount of land required to raise livestock, reducing carbon emissions contributing to global warming, etc. She seemed surprised that the city would have included this pitch for a vegetarian diet with the paychecks. I said they did it because they're hoping to reduce the costs of the healthcare they provide - that the employees will be more healthy on a vegetarian diet. That idea did not seem to have occurred to her.Carolnoreply@blogger.com