In regards to eating meat

[Shemaya]

If we eliminate the problem at its root - the meat industry - the bulk of it would be eliminated.

Completely agree....and I think that is where the activism effort is best directed right at the meat industry. And in supporting sustainable farming by buying food from small local farmers. But doing those things does not require that a person be vegetarian.

Trying to convince people to become vegetarian is not the best use of energy needed to make the changes, imo.

Have you read Michael Pollan's work? He writes about Polyface farm in VA...really great ideas come out of that farm.
Polyface Farm