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On the other side is the argument that it's difficult for some people to go a week without eating meat, and that it is not reasonable to expect these people to find their own meat sources.
Other topics of opinion might include buying/using local foods, whether or not we should be serving organic food, etc. Please, share some thoughts. We are looking at food options and tying to figure out what the best way to do this will be.
Thanks,
David
I love the idea of having a vegetarian conference. From my perspective, we can survive without meat one week in our life 
Thanks for organizing the conference,
Ofira
Hello there,
Unfortunately, I won't be in Vancouver... too expensive to fly from Brazil. Anyway, as a meat-eater, I have to say it was quite difficult for me to work without any kind of meat - and the option of "purchasing your own source of meat" is not that easy. My booth partner brought us boiled eggs on the third day, as we were craving for something heavier - I have to admit it was more difficult for me to work without eating any kind of animal protein. The "egg-day" was a blessing.
Not very fair, I guess, to restrain food grops according to a minority - I believe it was a minority, because on the "barbecue day" the grill was crowded, lol. And if there is meat, vegans & vegetarians do not have to eat it; on the other hand, we have to become vegetarians for the time of the conference. Vegetarians & vegans have a choice, I don't...
Congrats on the organization - lots of work, huh?
Ma
play, but producing all those meals out of a small kitchen, they may not have allowd the use of meat for health reasons.
...Now that I think about that, it's a very North American
sort of thing and likely was not an issue for you.
The main reason that I would like to see us do a veg conference is for environmental reasons. I want us to produce a low waste/impact conference and raise the bar for future IDECs in this area. Not using animals products is a big par t of this, as they are among the most wasteful
products we consume.
In Brasil it was somewhat difficult to find food, outside of what the conference was offering, though many people did it. At UBC it will be invinitely easier, since there are countless restaurants, cafés and food-courts in the university. There is a Tim Hortin's in the Forestry building, right beside our meeting rooms.
So, for my interests, the choice is easy. The conference is not my kingdom, of course, and the Organizing committee here will do it's best to meet the needs expressed by attendees.
David
Hello, David
No restriction on meat from our health authorities in Brazil. It was an option.
I didn't mean to offend you guys, really. I never said the choice of having a vegan conference was to "over-accommodate" anyone. I understand that veganism has the least environmental impact, and it's cheaper. I also understand that that is part of IDEC. All I'm saying is that it was impossible to find other options here in Brazil, and it was more difficult for me to work with food restrictions - and I had no extra cash to spend on anything else. I'm glad you'll have the food courts around, it'll make things easier for non-vegetarians - although they´ll have to spend more money that vegs.
I'm sorry if I offended you. Not my inten
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