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07/19/2010 06:17:15 PM · #1 |
Some food for thought for those who eat meat and buy it from the normal channels:
Meet your Meat
Warning: it's really sad.
Personally, I am a vegetarian for general health reasons--and I am not a vegan (but I do drink soy milk instead of milk). But after watching this video, I may become one.
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07/19/2010 06:21:31 PM · #2 |
I haven't followed your link, but I'm pretty sure I know what it contains.
I follow a pretty much veg(etari)an diet; haven't cooked meat at home in months, although I don't try too hard to avoid it if I'm eating out.
Here's a great vegan recipe that's both healthful and delicious: Stir-fried Tofu and Peppers. I modify it by stir-frying the tofu ahead of time and then marinating it in the sauce.
And these days, soy milk is cheaper than (organic) cow's milk, anyway! Costco had the best soy milk at the best prices, but they don't have Costcos out here. Best I've found is three half gallons for $6.49 at Wegman's. |
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07/19/2010 07:14:45 PM · #3 |
Huh, i know i will always eat meat, eggs and milk, but videos like these still hurt. The part on birds hurt the most since ive had about 30 chickens for 10 years. The way i honestly look at fixing the issue is just treating my animals the best i can. at least i can make their lives happy
edit: i know its not fixing the issue, im just glad i dont treat my animals that bad
Message edited by author 2010-07-19 19:15:26. |
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07/19/2010 07:15:21 PM · #4 |
meat is murder.
tasty, tasty, murder. |
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07/19/2010 07:15:57 PM · #5 |
I was pescetarian (ovo/lacto vegetarian + fish) for several years for health reasons. I am now a prolific omnivore once again, but my general meat consumption remains well below average - again, for both health and general menu variety reasons. My meals tend to be low- or no-meat, but that doesn't mean I won't have a nice fish fillet or a steak now and then.
While I did not give up meat for ethical reasons, I noticed that the ethics crept in over time. Do I think that it would be better for me and for the planet if everyone gave up meat? Perhaps. But it might also be better if everyone gave up all their worldly possessions and lived in small, sustainable communities without cars and televisions - and that ain't going to happen either.
I salve my sometimes conflicted nature by trying to source my animal products as close to home as possible and from small farmers and ranchers who actually have to interact with the animals that they utilize. Coming from a cattle ranching/farming family, I know and appreciate the difference between "agribusiness" and the business of a small farmer/rancher, and I try to support the latter and avoid the former whenever possible.
Note that this avoidance of the unsustainable aspects of the agribusiness model does not limit itself to the carnivores as factory and mass-production farming can be highly disruptive to animal ecosystems and the environment. Just because you are choosing tofu rather than steak does not mean you are necessarily choosing a more ethically pure world for the animals inhabiting it.
Things are almost always more complicated than they superficially appear. Navigating the complications is called living.
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07/19/2010 07:30:22 PM · #6 |
I also try to eat more fruits/veggies and less meat. And do try to get the meat I do eat from either small mom&pop operations or independent butchers. In the past I have cared for cows/chickens/turkeys/lambs that I later ended up eating, so on the one hand I felt bad that I was eating friends. But on the other, I knew the life they lived and how they were cared for. They were free-range poultry and grass-fed cows and lambs; I was generally employed by the owners, too.
Nowadays I eat a lot of locally produced eggs (white only) cause the chicken has to be alive in order to lay the egg. My milk is not organic, but we have different rules up here in Canada re antibiotics and growth hormones. And yes every so often I buy very bad gigantic carbon-footprint NZ lamb. But just try getting Ontario lamb at a decent price. Fuhgedaboudit.
ETA fish/seafood...again, in the past I've eaten a lot of fish I've caught myself, but nowadays mostly get my Omega3s from fish oil capsules. Gotta keep the joints lubricated!
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07/19/2010 08:46:41 PM · #7 |
Ah yes, I forgot to add in that I'm a vegetarian who (once again) eats fish, because of the health benefits. I never hear the term Pescetarian before, but that fits us (my wife and I) now.
I should add that I don't think it's "cruel" to eat animals. Animals do it all the time. What's cruel is the mistreatment of animals we are raising for food--incredibly cruel from the sample in the video. I was really shocked to see that--and to see that we (our government) actually "allows it".
Also, given the definition of what's allowed to be considered "healthy enough to eat" in that video, I certainly wouldn't eat meat EVEN if the animals were treated well! Some delicious puss anyone?
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