Red Meat Reduction
Each month this year, Alli and I are going to participate in a “fast” of sorts. Each month, we will give up something we love until the last 5 days of the month with the hope that we’ll start to break some of our bad habits and move towards healthier living.
For January, besides soda, I’m giving up red meat. Those that know me know that I love cheeseburgers maybe more than any other food. Giving up red meat will be an amazingly difficult task for me, but one that I’m looking forward to.
As a show of support for me, I have a proposition to you, my readers:
Buy a cow with me.
Heifer International is one of the world’s leading charitable organizations for meaningful gifts, providing communities around the world with sustainable gifts that help them become self-reliant.
The largest donation on the Heifer International website is a dairy cow.
A good dairy cow can produce four gallons of milk a day - enough for a family to drink and share with neighbors. Milk protein transforms sick, malnourished children into healthy boys and girls. The sale of surplus milk earns money for school fees, medicine, clothing and home improvements.
And because a healthy cow can produce a calf every year, every gift will be passed on and eventually help an entire community move from poverty to self reliance. Now that’s a gift worth giving!
To put my money where my mouth is (or isn’t, I guess), I’m going to put forth the first 10% towards the purchase of a cow. That’s $50 of my own money to start the process. I’m putting a challenge to my readers (and I know you are out there) to come up with the rest. Any money raised will be put toward purchasing animals to help communities around the world. 100%. No less. If you’d like someone to vouch for me to prove I won’t be putting it toward anything else, I am sure someone will do it in the comments.
Click the logo below to donate.
I hope that everyone participates. Even if no one does, I’m planning on putting my $50 towards at least a share of a cow.
Will you join me?
13 Responses to “Red Meat Reduction”
Chimpo
- 11:15 am on 01/02/2008
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
A couple months ago we started using turkey instead of beef in our home cooking and it’s been pretty great. Good luck on your beef-less adventure.
I will also buy 10% of your cow. But I want pictures and a yearly letter on her status.
Brett
- 8:46 pm on 01/04/2008
Seriously, turkey burgers are good. There are all kinds of good turkey burger recipes out there. Maybe next year we can buy a turkey too. In a couple of years we could start up a nice little petting zoo for the kids to enjoy all of our animals.
Chimpo
- 8:00 am on 01/18/2008
What if you don’t get enough money? Will you get the llama instead?
Julie
- 7:01 pm on 01/27/2008
Heufer International is my “pet” organization of choice. I’m jealous that you put a shout out on your blog before me! I’m working my credit card balance down. My donations to Heifer will resume as soon as that’s done. I’ll make a pledge now to your goal of a cow. Thanks for raising awareness of Heifer’s good works.
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