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I used to be staunchly vegetarian... before I went to vet school. I think it's pretty common. You love animals so you're vegetarian; you love animals so you go to vet school. I personally was very poorly educated on the topic, with little ability to think critically about my sources, blindly accepting sensationalist misinformation that I was told. "Factory farm" was a four letter word, and I couldn't believe how "ignorant" everyone was about how cruel and unsanitary the whole thing was.

But in vet school they not only teach you about farming, they teach you about critical thinking. I worked on farms, met farmers, got to understand the REAL meaning of "organic" and "free range," and what production medicine is like. We also toured several meatworks and I was impressed with how clean, orderly, and humane the whole process was. Now that I knew/understood more about where my meat was coming from, I thought, you know what, I'm perfectly comfortable eating this. My reasons for going vegetarian weren't solid or sound. They were, like I said, based on propaganda.

Also I felt very tired and sickly in vet school (which was mostly vet school's fault), and I felt healthier once I added meat back in.

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