The Bible doesn’t mention meat as food
until after it records the first killing, Cain’s
murder of his brother Abel. Many
individuals and groups from Pythagoras to
the present have chosen to eat only plant
foods to avoid taking the life of another
creature capable of feeling pain. And most
people throughout history have had no
choice, because meat is far more costly to
produce than grains and tubers.Plants as Food
The Nature of Plants
Plants and animals are very different kinds of
living things, and this is because they have
evolved different solutions to a single basic
challenge: how to obtain the energy and
substance necessary to grow and reproduce.
Plants essentially nourish themselves. They
build their tissues out of water, minerals, and