On this recent New Science blog researcher Lucy Middleton, a vegetarian herself, declared that we can cut CO2 Emissions 85% by eating locally grown non meat products or locally grown organic meat products. She made her point in a non accusatory way; her point came across as seeming to say that this is a good way to live and it may not be for everyone and you are not a terrible person for not choosing to live this way.
I respect her for her sentiments but i believe that it is impossible to ask people to live by this. These products, like other good for the environment products are expensive. The average family could not possibly be able to live like this. As a former vegetarian myself I understand the burden of this. Many times my food bill for soy and organic products was much more then that of the rest of my house.
Instead of just telling everyone to do this they should be lobbying in congress or trying to get subsidies for these good for the environment products. Why not have some sort of initiative to get farmers and meatpackers to do this. I am not by any means advocating that the government should supply these goods but they can help with making it more profitable for the companies leading them to want to do this
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