“Neatly packaged meat in supermarkets is often completely detached from the consumer’s minds from the process of it’s production.”

A few weeks ago as I was browsing for links in my other writing job (I intern as Social Media for Green By Design) I fell upon world press photo and these insanely amazing photographic captures of a slaughterhouse in Tomasso Ausili, Italy. This editorial won 3rd prize in the contemporary issues category. You can see the rest here.

My desire to become vegetarian began when I was 10, when my childhood best friend, Samantha, showed me a life changing Rolling Stone magazine cut out of a cow being slaughtered. Though I am not vegan or 100% veg, I do try to cut down where I can in order to contribute towards the avoidance of cruelty. I’m not getting on a soap box here…but I just hope that everyone at least thinks about trading in a day or two during the week to go veg.  It’s healthier in the long run, too.