Comments on: Meet Your Meat

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:29:53 +0000

Yeah, it is totally disgusting that 100 cows end up in one hamburger patty. Gross. I like your rule of not eating something unless you could have killed it yourself. I’ll follow that rule. Every time I see a certain relative, she says, “Are you still on that vegetarian diet?” Followed by, “So, what can you eat if you can’t have meat?” And people will say things like, “CAN you eat shrimp?” Or “CAN you eat chicken noodle soup?” I can eat whatever I want!

By: Ariel "Cats" Dumas

Ariel "Cats" Dumas — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:34:06 +0000

I totally agree with this. I made a vow last year to only eat meat that had had a happy, humane life. (I.e., local, grass-fed beef, cage-less meat, eggs, dairy). I don’t want to eat any more trash meat, like random-ass chicken sandwiches pumped full of hormones, or burgers that are actually made from scraps and bits of hundreds of different miserable cows. I follow this as best I can, although I have gone weak in the knees for a random corn-dog or plate of bacon. Or arby’s. I do like cooking, and my grocery bill has gone way down.

I think a good rule is, don’t eat anything you would not be able to kill yourself. And also that meat is a treat you should only occasionally eat.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:43:32 +0000

oh I know! I was thinking the same thing! i can’t imagine how bad dog food is.

By: Biggie-Z

Biggie-Z — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:26:03 +0000

Ugh. We do try to get local when we can. What appalls me is – that video was for “human grade” food – can you imagine what is done for dog food?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:54:27 +0000

Yeah, those are all good points, Shane. I hope people reading this will support small, local farms.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:38:34 +0000

This is a very touchy subject with a lot of people. I am an animal lover. I grew up on a farm with animals that we raised and then we ate. Sometimes it was real tough to lose an animal that you have raised since it was young. I will say that our animals were always happy and when the time came the deed was done very humanely.

These factory type farms are the ones that people need to take notice and get under control. The government is starting to take notice now and getting involved. It will take time but I think it will improve.

I didn’t watch the video because I can’t stand to watch any sort of abuse. I can’t even watch the commercial that they play on TV about rescuing dogs and cats that are abused.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:36:36 +0000

Oh don’t even get me started…

The site should be back up soon. Thanks for stopping by!

By: megscole64

megscole64 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:47:24 +0000

Um…there’s no text or anything to this blog post that I can see. I was interested in reading it.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:40:36 +0000

Yeah, unfortunately.

I’ve thought about becoming vegan, but haven’t committed to it yet. I try to eat mostly raw, organic food. PETA has its good and bad sides.

Thanks for the compliment about my blog!

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:30:41 +0000

Lindsay,

unfortunately those farms are very rare – and getting rarer. If you don’t know exactly where it came from then a smiling cow “humane!” sticker means nothing.

I have been vegan for 5 years, ever since I learned how dairy cows and egg hens live (vegetarian before that.) I avoid all things PETA though. I think that group is run by the American Cattle Rancher Association or something to convince people that vegans are insane. (Kidding, sorta.)

Great blog! I found it when I was deciding between the gentle leader head halter and the halti.