Where Will All the Cows Go?

First I would like to welcome everyone to my blog and thank you for your time. I love food and am a definite omnivore. I like all six food groups: fruit, vegetables, meat, ice cream, hot sauce, and cookies. I have, however, been reading the book An Omnivore's Dilemma. This is a disturbing book. After reading it you will never look at the corn industry the same way again. Books like this combined with other observations of mine make me think that in 300 years people probably will not eat meat. I would become a vegetarian, if I did not like meat so much. That may make me weak because I certainly understand the reasons why vegetarianism makes so much sense.

The question is if people all became vegetarians, what would happen to the 100 million cows in the U.S.. Would they all wander around on government and open land? With approximately 1 cow for every three people would every family adopt a cow or two? Would we adopt the Indian model and let the cows wander where they please? Maybe we would have a big meat fest and eat 99 million of the cows and let the remaining one million live on special government land. This last idea would combine Euthanasia and Barbecue Sauce.

Another way to go with this could be to combine cows and genetic engineering. You could give cows just enough intelligence to perform routine tasks. They would cut lawns, pull weeds, carry items at construction sites, and many other tasks. Maybe Gary Larson's cartoons were actually foretelling of the future of smart animals: snakes that clean out pipes, monkeys that are chefs (ooh, hair in the food), lions that are security guards, etc.

I don't really know where this is leading, but sign me up for adopt a cow. The fresh milk and homemade butter and cheese sound good to me. I promise not to eat my cow.