Blogging GA: Ethical Eating
Today the UUA General Assembly had one main issue before them in the short (comparatively) plenary session: to vote on the proposed Statement of Conscience on Ethical Eating. There were two main debates that were held about the SOC. The first was about the elephant in the UUA room: classism. The proposal put before us in plenary included two lines that urged us to tell food sellers and producers that we will buy and pay more for ethically produced food. One fellow from my own economically devastated state of Michigan urged people to vote against the SOC because of this. He shared with the gathered delegates that while he wishes he could pay more for food to follow ethical eating guidelines, he's on food stamps. As another person put it, it's all about the math. The second issue was around a sentence that says, "Minimally processed plant-based diets are healthier diets." The complaint was that this speaks for everyone, and calls on all UU...