I am going to be honest- I like meat. Nothing beats a good plate of meat and potatoes or the perfectly rare hamburger with all the fixin’s (I am not 100% sure if that apostrophe goes before or after the “s”). This may come as a surprise to those of you readers who see that I blog a lot about the farming industry. But, the stomach wants what the stomach wants. I always tell people I am a vegetarian in my heart and head but not my stomach. However, when I do eat meat I try to eat it responsibly. In the kosher industry that is really hard to come by, so we now eat meat maybe once a week, if that much. There was a great company in Colorado that shipped kosher meat to anywhere in the United States, but alas, they have gone under. There are a handful of other options that I am in the midst of exploring but in the meantime for all you vegetarians at heart that just cannot give up that juicy steak, here is a guide to how to be a more responsible meat eater. I was once given the opportunity to watch a goat being slaughtered, it was all part of a “know where your meat comes from” experience. I opted out. I want to know that my meat came from an animal that had a happy life but I do not need to watch it die in order to better appreciate its gifts. I could never eat something I watched die, but hey that’s just me. Apparently, a lot of other people who chose to watch the slaughter ate meat for the first time in 30 years!
