Respect your food

When I was a child we raised goats and chickens and my parents had a small business selling goats' milk (good for eczema sufferers). Male kids were taken to the slaughterhouse (back when there was a local slaughterhouse within twenty miles, heaven knows how far you'd have to take them now) and we ate them. So I guess I've been closer than most to the reality of eating meat.

I'm trying to source my meat from local butchers and direct from the farmers where possible (the Farmers Markets are a boon for this). I'm not about to stop eating meat, but I fully agree with Jamie Oliver's stance, and also with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's assertion that we should treat the animals properly whilst they're alive.

Labels: Local Food