Interviews
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Omnivore:I interviewed Joseph Giovene on his lifestyle as an omnivore. Joseph's eating habits, "(or food habits) refers to the why and how Joseph eats." The website Faqs.orggave me information as to why Joseph eats the food he does, and with whom he eats the food with. Faqs.org and myself also bring awareness to the way in which a person (Joseph), "obtains, stores, uses, and discards food." Since the choice to eat meat, or sustain from eating meat, is eliminated by the usual control of parents at a young age, eating meat can become a satisfying, enjoyable habit (as it became for Joseph Giovene). Whether a person eats meat for religious purposes, or because they believe it is part of a well-balanced diet, or both, does not make it reasonable for an outsider to assume this person disagrees with the actions of many vegetarians, in their movement to end animal cruelty. There exists omnivores aware of the misconceptions which spin their web around the food industry, but such negative claims against the food industry often aren't enough to end this battle because too many people enjoy their meat and may consciously avoid the attainment of such negative knowledge. Others may be ill-informed about the industry, but whether a person chooses to continue their diet as an omnivore due to habit, religion, or a healthy diet doesn't matter; there is still a demand for meat and there always will be so long as people turn the other cheek. This is not to say a person can't be a meat eater and feel as though the animals should be treated humanely.
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Vegetarian/Pescetarian: I interviewed Lisa Cole, a former vegetarian and a current pescatarian. She had to include fish into her diet because of some health concerns her doctor had for her. It is good that Lisa has fish in her diet because she doesn't take vitamins that will give her the nutrients needed if not supplied by a food source. Lisa has been a vegetarian/pescatarian for 2 years but she said she never really cared for chicken or meat so it was easy for her to make the official change. She plans on always having this diet liefestyle and says if she ever does want to include meat in her diet again that it won't be a lot of meat.
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Former VegetarianI interviewed Kat Masterson, who recently, after spendingalmost four years as a vegetarian, than a pescatarian, recently became a full-fledgedomnivore once again. Even so, she claims that here core ideological valuesremain the same, and that she still puts a great deal of effort into health andnutrition. While she no longer feels that the removal of meat from her dietwould significantly change the industry’s practice, she does attempt to buyfrom companies that treat animals ethically, and wishes that the rest of theindustry would do the same. We
also discussed the problems that Americans facewhen choosing foods, as well as the problems that students face with schoolfoods. While Kat still remains sympathetic to vegans and vegetarians, she doubts that she will ever go back to that lifestyle again. |
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Omnivore Considers Vegetarian Lifestyle:I interviewed Sandra Hutchinson someone who is considering changing her diet and also one of our group members. She decided to change her eating habits after watching the video Food Inc. She was disturbed by how people and companies can treat their animals with such disgrace and decided that she wanted to give this diet a try. She started off slowly by changing certain foods from eating a yogurt instead of a beef jerkey. She is not officially labled as a vegetarian, an omnivore, or a pescatarian. She is someone who considers what she eats before buying or eating it. She wants to know what is in her food, and she is someone who chose a new diet, and a new lifestyle.
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