Sunday, 1st October is World Vegetarian Day.
Recognizing and celebrating World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month is a fun way to help others learn about the benefits of vegetarianism, which include:
| • | reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens; |
| • | offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops; |
| • | saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter; |
| • | conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources; |
| • | preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats; |
| • | mitigating the ever-expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on. |
You can find lots of information about vegetarianism
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