Recycling

During her research on cattle ranches for WHERE THE HEART LEADS, Fiorella learned that calves and cows bawl for days when they are separated so the calves can be weaned.   It's something ranchers get used to, but it touched Fiorella's heart and, for the first time in her life, she wondered if she should go vegetarian.  On the other hand, life is a circle: cattle eat grass, we eat cattle,  the earth absorbs us,  grass feeds off the earth, and cattle eat grass.  Back to square one.