Has anyone read "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer?

I found whole chickens at WalMart today.

On their package it states: humanely raised, cage free, no hormones or antibiotics and vegetarian fed. They were $1.47/lb which isn't bad. I am anxious to see how they are. The brand was Harvestland.

 
thanks for the heads up. I made a lovely roast chicken using the beer can holder thing as a

vertical roaster----no can of anything was needed. just a nice rub and nice vertical roast. I will be using more whole chickens this way.

 
I haven't read it either. I don't eat much meat anyways, but DH does.

We are buying more and more organic meat since the law is mor restrict when it comes to organic animal farming.

I grew up on a farm, and I experience slaughtering. It's cruel to watch, but the most important thing for me is that the animal has a good life and that the slaughtering is as painfree as possible for the animal.

The way I see it, we'll have to live with double standards if we are to eat meat. Many people rely on meat as their source of protein, and I respect that. I also respect the fact that most people can't afford to buy organic meat, because it's very expensive.

For me, this is a political question, meaning that to change the way animal farming is being done, we need laws that ensure that the animals are well kept and we need inspectors to inspect that these laws are being ed.

I agree with the person who said that animal farming before the industrialization wasn't necessarily better than it is now. I believe it has more to do with the owners standards and ethics. To treat animals well doesn't have to cost a fortune. It's all about the mindset.

 
Just beware of their "organic" chicken thighs/drumsticks - they make be organic, but they

are very tough... at least every package that I've tried. I forgot the brand, though. Surprisingly cheap, but you get what you pay for in this case I think.

 
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