Palo Alto Humane Society

Humane Eating

Information and Resources for Dining with a Big Appetite and a Clear Conscience

Many components comprise what it means to eat humanely: 1. The humane treatment of animals, 2. Reducing or eliminating the consumption of animals and animal products, and 3. Considering the global impact of our food choices.

Interestingly, optimal choices for animals and the planet are also optimal for human health. As more people are realizing, keeping animals off your plate keeps animals out of the slaughterhouses and turns your dollar away from the atrocious cruelty, confinement and greenhouse gas-producing system of factory farming*. Additionally, however, as Dr. T. Colin Campbell (author of The China Study) and many others have shown, eating far less in the way of animal products promotes your own health, keeps it in balance, and dramatically lessens the risks for every disease.

*Evidence continues to show support for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's findings that animal agribusiness is the leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions directly impacting changes to our global climate systems.

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Below is a list of invaluable resources for ethical, local and sustainable food sourcing options.

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Making animal, planetary and human health friendly food choices is easier today than ever before. From the increasing popularity and quantity of Farmers Markets in our communities to convenient and scrumptious vegetarian foods available on restaurant menus and in grocery aisles, many options are allowing different choices to forge a new concept of and a new relationship with food.