Sunday, August 16, 2009

6-year-old vegetarian from Brandon teaches her mom a thing or two

6-year-old vegetarian from Brandon teaches her mom a thing or two
Brooke English, 6, finishes off her salad and peanut butter and jelly sandwich dinner at her Brandon home. An animal lover, she gave up meat two years ago.
By Elisabeth Parker
eparker@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3431
Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Link to full article below

BRANDON — Brooke English gave up eating meat for ethical reasons: She loves animals.

Sometimes, though rarely, she eats fish. But she hasn't had a bite of chicken or beef or pork in two years.

Brooke is 6. She recently munched a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a salad in her Brandon home, where there's an ideological divide. Brooke lives with her mother, who eats meat.

These days, Brooke is not alone. Young children are deciding to cut meat out of their diets and many of their meat-eating parents are backing them.

To read the full article:
http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/general/article1024417.ece


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