Last Sunday I was at Harris Teeter looking for a whole chicken to make for dinner. Recently, I've been only buying organic free range chicken vs factory farm chicken which I grew up on. While at HT, I was surprised to see the organic free range chicken on sale - on sale being around $9.50 for a 3 lbs chicken vs $11.50. When I checked the price on the factory farm chicken it only cost $6 for a 3 lbs chicken. Now money is tight with the recession and I literally stood there comparing the chickens and thinking about the price for a good 8 minutes. I came close to buying the factory farm chicken, but then I thought about the video I saw below a year ago that made me go vegetarian for a whole month.
WARNING!!! Watch on an empty stomach!
I try to eat organic foods as much as I can, but with prices rising it's hard to stay within budget or even justify a 25%-50% difference in price. I guess I'm going to have to eat less meat this year. When eating meat think about the how the animal died and how it's meat is prepared for your consumption.
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3 weeks ago
4 comments:
i'll pass on the video. what i don't know won't kill me.
Hi there... very thoughtful post. I started out "vegetarian" for years... then learned more about famed animls going on vegan for more than a healthy year now...
We really don't "need" meat, eggs, dairy to live at all...
On free range you might want to see this site too: www.humanemyth.org
It's wonderful that you are trying to make compassionate choices, but the sad truth is, there really is no "nice" way to consume animals. And it's really not necessary... www.tryveg.com
Thanks for inviting comment - & good luck :)
Oh... and if I may comment to OMG YAYSON on "what I don't know won't kill me"...
That you choose to close your eyes to another's suffering does not make it go away. By your blog you seem to be a very enlightened young man - don't stop now... The information about meat & animals is kept a secret. Discovering some mis-truths might not only be of benefit to the animals - but perhaps to your own health as well. Just a thought.
Bea thanks for the post! Bro, she's got a point there.
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