Ethical Meat-eating

I don't think most of us have that option to go to a farmer and meet the animals and know that they are treated humanely...and buy our meat from said farms. We are at the mercy of super markets. Maybe that should be a marketing technique for some meat processing industries. If they ensure that the animals are treated humanely...maybe their sales would increase also. Like the Tuna cans that say they are dolphins safe. Of course, I have not seen a brand out there anymore that is not dolphin safe. But when they first started adding that to the labels...that was the only brand I bought. :) Good for you though being able to have that resource. If more farmers were able to deal directly with the consumers, then maybe there would be more money for the farmer's and consumer's pockets.

i normally purchase organic ones and corn fed chickens, plus i only buy what we need for the week. sainsburys normally has a good quality of all kinds of meat. a bit more on price, but good quality. unfortunately i have got no time to visit the fresh market. i wish i could. after i've seen that show on tv, where they breed chicken with torture i think, i felt sick.

we have some control over our meat and products by raising it ourselves. our chickens are free ranged and "happy little clucks" they are given good food as well as the natural grains, insects etc that they collect - and plenty of exercise and entertainment. The eggs they produce are very rich in vitamins from all the flowers and natural foods they eat - the yolks are very dark and sometimes orange and the whites are thick - not runny. The meat chickens are kept in a large pen that has no floor, it gets moved on a daily to ever other day basis so they have access to clean fresh grasses and do not stay in their droppings - they have plenty of room to stretch out and flap as desired. We do not make pets out of the meat birds, but they are given a very good life before providing us with delicious meat. We are not a hunting family, but think it a wonderful option for providing safe, healthy and not mishandled meat for the table.

I also eat meat but unfortunately one of my roommates works at Walmart and brings home meat from there. I know that it isn't organic nor is it cruelty free. I have heard bad things about commercial meat and try to eat as little of it as I can anymore. However, I grew up on a farm eating meat and it is quite difficult to ween oneself off of eating a lot of meat.