The Migrant Worker , the Vegetarian and the Vegan

I have been a vegetarian in the past but I didn't have the resources to do it correctly and couldn't get the protien and iron I needed. I have often heard vegetarian and vegan friends say that their actions spare the cows, chickens, fish etc....and it is a protest on the treatment of those animals bred to be fed to humans. I agree with their stance, however, I feel all vegetarians and vegans should keep the migrant worker in mind.

It is the migrant who harvests the veggies they consume. I think in order to be truly correct, all vegetarians and vegans should rally for fair pay and treatment of all migrants in this country. They should look into the working conditions these migrants must operate in and demand that they are improved. So often vegetarians and vegans forget the humans involved and I find this irrational. I feel all non-meat eaters should look into the companies they purchase from and ask how the migrant worker is being treated. It is the responsible thing to do. I really have a disgust for those who forget or ignore the migrant worker and only stand up for the animals, and feel so clean, it should be both or it isn't right.

There are many reasons to be a vegetarian and I am not knocking them but I feel whether you are meat eater and consume produce or strictly produce that you not forget those who harvest the produce.

I stress that not even vegans find themselves free of a morale dilemma when they eat. We all have to eat and one way or the other it will exploit the animals or the humans if not both. Those that decide to practice ethical eating should take that all the way and realize that no matter what you eat you are guilty of something. Still, I admire all attempts made at ethical eating.