Commentary.
In 1985, the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) based in Washington D.C. invented “MeatOut” to encourage people not to eat meat on March 20. FARM advocates the end of “using animals for food.”
FARM pitches its scheme to cities and states every year, and from time to time, a mayor or governor will proclaim March 20 “MeatOut” in the city or state governed. From Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA to Ithaca, NY to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM, cites across the country have made the declaration. Former Delaware, Michigan and Colorado governors made the declaration in the past, but when Governor Jared Polis proclaimed March20, 2021 as MeatOut Day in Colorado, ranchers in the state cried foul.
It was the straw that broke the camel’s back, for some in the cattle business.
