It's a farm, farms produce food. I support humane farm practices.
I think being in a petting zoo would be optimal as long as the animals are not terrified before a quick painless slaughter. So no kosher or halal products for me and I've really cut back on meats and eat vegan at home. I see lots of cows around here ranchers seem into humane practices and sustainability. some of the inhumane industrial pig farm practices are outlawed in Canada and free run chickens are quite available.
I know I am privileged both in time and money to be able to make these choices. Coop urban farm opportunities could bring some of these opportunities to low income urban dwellers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-island-hill-farm-goat-meat-1.4420310
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I won't mention a few rabbit businesses around here that offer petting zoo or portable party setups... But also sell them for pets or "other"
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a farm. People are silly. Animals are raised for food. There aren't many (afaik) farms dedicated to purely pettting animals. If an animal is born in a farm, chances are good that it will be on someone's barbecue at some point. And where do people think their donair meat comes from? Baby goats (or sheep). They're eating baby goats. The farmer may have cuddled the lamb for a bit before sending it to become donair meat. And heaven forbid, they may have let the public see them, too.
ReplyDeletePeople are silly.
Old farmer’s rule: don’t name your food. Applies to petting, too.
ReplyDeleteMichael Ireland I thought donair was hamburger meat... Lamb is something different
ReplyDeleteJust because you pet an animal doesn't mean no one will eat it.
ReplyDelete4H kids learn a hard lesson. They groom and love that calf then ... sell it to a butcher. We all need a closer connection with where our meat comes from. I'll bet there would be less meat eaten and animals kept in better condition.
ReplyDeleteWe had a small farm when I was growing up. Dad was an avid hunter/fisherman. I never had any pretenses about food or where it came from - and I think that connection is sadly missing from so much of the world today.
ReplyDeleteAs for the vegetarian/vegan crowd out there (no offense intended, I just love the Worms!) ... I leave you with this:
youtube.com - Arrogant Worms - Carrot Juice is Murder
Peter Schmidt We not only broke that rule, we wrote their names on the packaged meat, so we always knew exactly who we were eating!
ReplyDeleteChris Pollard props for honoring them, but I think not everyone finds it easy to do so. To Cass Morrison ‘s point, people really should have to face and step up to the ethical implications of eating other living creatures, so in that context, not naming food may be a form of moral cowardice. 🤔
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine said that if he had to kill his own food, he'd be a vegetarian.
ReplyDeleteI could fish ... maybe. The best I can do is minimize food waste.
ReplyDeleteCass Morrison I think donair meat could actually be just about anything, but one of the local shops down here in the Hat was run by a Greek fellow who said what he had was lamb. I assumed it was all either lamb or goat, but (after googling it), it can apparently be any of the above. Except pork; I don't think there's such thing as pork donairs.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo ... I like meat. I might have a bit of trouble preparing a freshly killed animal, and I'd have a hard time pulling the trigger for some of the cuter sorts, but that's not an all-out aversion.
Also, I worked for a few weeks as a boiler operator in an old slaughterhouse in Calgary (XL Foods). I was morbidly fascinated by the slaughter process - it was both horrifying and spectacularly efficient. And the end product was delicious, haha!