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By Micky Hohl
Warning Sensitive Content: The following article vividly describes carnist food consumption. The human consumption of animal products is frequently associated with the infliction of pain or suffering on animals as well as the increase in greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate breakdown. The contents of this article may be offensive or disturbing to some audiences.
During my later high school years, I would often spend my lunch breaks at a small bar in the center of downtown Basel Switzerland. At that time schools did not have any options for kids who were not able to go home for lunch, which was the norm and what most kids did. Since my commute to and from my small village was over an hour that was not a possibility. During nice weather it was not a problem to grab some bread and cheese and sit outside, for cold or rainy days there was a soup and bread option at a kitchen run by nuns and a limited number of restaurants with affordable lunch options. Even though it was next to my high school, Mcdonald’s was not one of them since it was quite pricey in Switzerland, plus even then, while I enjoyed it as a treat once in a while, it was not a satisfying lunch. We had family in town but the one surviving grandmother lived too far from my school to be convenient, and also she was a bit too stiff for comfort, and after two or three attempts that option was no longer something I…
