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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Admit it: fish is meat Would Jesus eat fish during Lent?	Erik Hoffner	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Jennifer Jacquet of the Sea Around Us Project just published a solid and timely essay with Science & Spirit magazine. The piece begins by asking: If Jesus can turn two fish into enough to feed five thousand people, now would be a good time to intervene. According to researchers, each American ate nearly a half-pound more seafood last year than the year before. As we reach the end of the Christian season of Lent -- the period in which seafood consumption is at its ...
Topics: food, green living, religion and spirituality, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Lenten up already! A Christian quest to cut carbon	Ashley Braun	07 Feb 2008	Gristmill
With the start of Lent, Christians the world-over are praying, fasting, and giving alms in preparation for Easter. This often means also making some kind of sacrifice in the name of solidarity with the poor and the Church ... you know, getting guilted into giving up your most savory sins: gorging yourself on Moose Tracks ice cream or ogling Al Gore. Going without. For forty days. In a row. It's often perceived as a chore akin to New Year's Resolutions -- and adhered to ...
Topics: food, green living, religion and spirituality, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)