(US-oh) Vegetarian lifestyle catching on

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Some animal people are cutting meat, fish, dairy from their meals.Ethics play big role in decision...The love of pets has led more than a few local folks to make hardchoices where their diet is concerned.The link between animal people and the vegetarian lifestyle is nothingnew, but perhaps more obvious since Akron rocker Chrissie Hynde openedher flashy new restaurant, VegiTerranean at Northside.Hynde's overwhelming motivation, posted on the walls, is to alleviatethe suffering of animals. She's sending a message people seem to wantto hear, because the restaurant is packed, reserved at least a week inadvance for lunch and dinner, according to chef Scot Jones.Sure, Hynde's fans are basking in the glow of celebrity, but they arealso taking a willing leap into the unfamiliar. They haven't beenliving underground. They are aware of the plethora of issues swirlingaround factory farming, from land ecology to

slaughter.A conscientious diet is a simple alignment of conviction and cuisine,of ethics and diet. The cruelty of factory farming (seehttp://www.goveg.com) has pushed people like Annette Fisher ofRavenna's Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary to quit supporting it,not only shunning meat, fish and fowl, but also dairy and certainproduct and clothing choices.''Once you work with animals and see their personalities and whatawesome creatures they are, I couldn't imagine eating them,'' shesaid. Her pets are also her life's work and are slightly larger thanthe average household's, including chickens, ducks, goats, geese,cows, pigs and horses.Vegetarians frequently invoke the words of Ghandi, who said thegreatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals aretreated. But it all begins

at home, says Paula Moran, executivedirector of the Summit County Historical Society.-- full story:http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/15130386.html What Man doesn't understand Man fears What Man fears Man destroys. NO BSL!