Raising animals to be slaughtered for human consumption ALWAYS has an disproportionately greater environmental impact than growing plants for human consumption (in terms of air and water pollution, deforestation and use of resources) and of course it is simply immoral to kill animals for food when humans thrive optimally on a vegan diet. Read the China Study if you haven’t already.

I will not be watching the hypocrites on Beekman Farm. Why don’t you get into an actually green/sustainable operation by switching to a vegan farm!

This is a very interesting and emotional debate. At Beekman, we are not vegetarians; however, we do make an earnest effort to eat only the meat that we have raised ourselves on our own farm. We are certain that there will be opposition to even this practice, and we respect both sides of the debate.

Our new life on the farm is a constant learning experience. Who knows? Perhaps this time next year we WILL be vegan!

We still have to be rational.

Over the past year or so I’ve gone from regular meat eater to vegetarian to about 90% vegan. I feel great, and I’m happy with the decision I’ve made. That being said, I will definitely support farms that seek to offer more humane practices than what many farms employ today when it comes to animals. If we don’t support those folks, then they will disappear – and all we’ll have left are huge corporate machines that pump out “product” like they pump out cars.

I’m not OK with that. And I think we should all be rational in this debate and realize that you can’t flip a switch and make huge changes overnight. It’s a long, difficult process. But change will happen if you approach it sensibly.

We hope you do decide to watch the show! We hope that our choices in life will inspire, entertain and educate. At least it will be something else to watch besides another version of “Real Housewives”

Thanks for the mention