On May 4, 7:37*pm, "Boomer" > wrote:
> Being type 2 more or less pushes me into eating more meat than most people do. I just watched a documentary called “Food Inc.”. This video shocked me. I saw on the screen how poultry and meat were raised and butchered. It was disgusting. The filth in which these animals live is horrible. They are then butchered covered with faeces.
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> I was disgusted enough to do something. I found 5 nearby cattle and poultry farms that sell directly. I had no idea that I had other choices than the super market. These 5 places raise free ranging animals. You actually go to their farm to buy the meat. And, it is not much more expensive than the horrible stuff sold in the super market.
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> I just need to buy about a 6 month supply before winter sets in again. We will store it in our freezer.
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> Michael

Horrific, isn't it? Temple Grandin did a lot to bring more humane
methods to cattle slaughter but there's just no getting away from the
fact that living creatures have to die to feed us meat eaters. AFAIK,
in large scale productions, grass-fed beef are slaughtered in the same
way as feed lot beef. But at least they lead better lives.

Boomer, if you live in a rural area, you might be able to find a local
source for pasture-raised meat. In California, there are ranchers who
will sell a whole or half lamb or a side of beef, for example, and
they advertise on the internet. It's quite affordable, if you have a
big enough freezer to store the meat, and in my experience the meat is
very high quality. Some of them will "finish" the animal briefly on
grain to up the fat content in the meat. Plus there is a cottage
industry in selling basically hand-raised sheep or pigs and chickens.
My nieces in the foothills used to raise pigs, sheep, and chickens as
part of a FFA school project. I never understood how they could bear
it when the little lamb or piglet they hand raised was slaughtered,
but I suppose the realities of ranching or farming provide a more
practical perspective.

Good to see you posting!

Best,

Ricavito