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Humans are at the top of most food chains and have the ability to take advantage of that. That doesn't mean animals should be treated inhumanely before becoming food, but they should still be used for food. Temple Grandin did a lot to help ranchers and meat processors understand that a calm animal is a tastier animal.
If someone doesn't want to eat animal products then don't, but don't preach at me telling me I shouldn't either. If you believe the Bible then we have dominion over animals. If you believe in evolution, we have obviously evolved further than any other creature and it's in our nature to utilize products available to us, including eating meat.
I watched the movie "Temple Grandin" last week, which was sneaked in the Netflix queue by my spouse. Claire did a great job with the role.
In the spirit of this thread, I respect all choices when it comes to food. Me personally, I'll will never become a vegan. I love my meat too much including seafood all the animal by-products (egg, cheese, milk). Funny, Roadcykler and I come from the same city and state, and I agree with his opinion. I feel lucky that I can afford what's classified as luxury meat (free from hormones, antibiotics, less processed...etc). However, I'm all for with proper treatment of animals before they make it on my plate. The damn greedy, corporate food companies is to blame IMO.
I remember my grandparents had a farm in the suberbs of Battle Ground, WA and boy it was a treat picking up less than a day old eggs, freshly squeezed cow milk, rabbit and chicken meat - you name it - delicious. It was a sad day when Moses the cow was shot in the head by my grandpa where thereafter a local butcher and his huge white truck went to town on the carcass. Brutis, my grandparent's St. Bernard also when to town on the left overs and after he was done, I swear he was Cujo's double twin.
What you can buy in the stores cannot compare to the taste and quality, which leads me to a nice solution that follows localized organic produce. The key is to localize. We need to have local farmers provide the meats you buy at the local grocery or butcher store. The local goverrnment need to support this as it benefits the long term health of current and future generations.
The sad farmers who work or contracted out for the corporate companies are literally forced or coerced into unethical and in-humane practices just to fatten the bottom line of said greedy companies and at the same time helping Americans get unhealthy and fatter than than need be with processed meats and none food substance such as chemicals.