People become vegetarians for very different reasons. Some stop eating meat for health reasons. For some, it may be religious. They believe eating meat goes against the wishes of their gods. Other people decline meat for moral reasons. They declare the “Meat is murder.” They believe that it is not appropriate to kill animals for any reason. Sometimes, they pursue people who wear fur coats and throw paint on them. Finally, others think that of we stop eating meat, we will eliminate many of the problems caused by industrial farms. These farms treat plants or animals like industrial products. Unlike traditional farms, they usually raise only one type of animal or grow only one or two crops, like corn and soybean. They use many kilograms of chemicals to make their products grow more quickly.
For most vegetarians, nature is divided into plants and animals. They believe that animals have more rights than plants. This is unlike traditional farmers, who believe that all living things are important. For example, a grassland farmer knows that grasslands are healthiest when they are in balance. Grasslands need a variety of grasses to capture the sunlight. They need animals to eat the grasses and they need meat-eating animals, like humans, to eat the grass eaters. Each is a requirement for a healthy system. But vegetarians and industrial farmers focus on a single part of the natural cycle. Because of this, it is clear to this author that both threaten the whole balance of nature.