Posted AT 2:05 AM EDT on 24/05/03
Vegging Out
Jennifer Surrette rarely hits a fast-food drive-thru, but the other day the 28-year-old Halifax schoolteacher found herself rushed and in a lunch-time lineup at Burger King.
A vegetarian for the past 10 years and a vegan for five, Ms. Surrette, who counsels kids as young as elementary-school age about vegetarianism, was keen on a meatless burger as she idled behind a pickup truck loaded with four ravenous, male construction workers.
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