Vegetarian Star

Daryl Hannah was recently a keynote speaker at the 8th annual Treehugger’s Ball, an event that raises funds and awareness to conserve the Santa Ana Mountains and the habitat of the endangered arroyo toad.

Hannah gave an interview with the Orange County Register while she wasn’t giving her speech to attendants. Here are a few highlights.

Q. You became a vegetarian at 7, why?
A. I was on a trip with my parents in Wisconsin and didn’t want to go into a restaurant they went to, so they left me in the car. I was walking around the parking lot (when it was still safe to do that) and I saw this truck with a baby calf. I went over to it and kissed and hugged it through the railings. When the driver came out, I asked what the calf’s name was. He said ‘veal, tomorrow morning at 7 a.m.’ After that, I could no longer disassociate what was on my plate for the creature that it had been. It wasn’t an ethical or health choice, it was purely emotional. When you make a decision for yourself, it’s often the best decision for everything.

Q. On stage, Gloria Sefton brought you into the conversation about a development project planned for virgin land in the canyon, what do you think about this?
A. I’d like to see the canyon preserved as it is. It’s an essential part of our nature to have access to open wild space. We suffer from nature deficit disorder. It’s a serious disorder that’s found in children in cities. It creates a disassociation with nature and anti-social behavior.

Read the entire interview here.

Photo: RavenU/Creative Commons

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