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My teacher said something that I have been to lazy to follow myself but

someone with more motivation may wanna heed this:

 

" Eat only what you can take from nature yourself

Want to eat potatoes? Can you cultivate and dig up and prepare? Want to eat

meat? Can you kill and prepare the animal you want to eat? "

 

Holger

 

Hi Holger,

 

I like your post. I lived on farm in Minnesota without electricity or

running water. Your teacher's admonition was our life by default.

 

Earlier in the year we had a flurry of exchanges on CHA regarding eating

food that " looks like what it is " ... which is to say not processed and not

in a box. There's some merit in this too without having to own a farm or

live on a commune.

 

Emmanuel Segmen

 

 

We had a debate some years ago in our countryside, where meat from the pigs

troat was called " pigtroat " (swedish translation) in the grocery and some of

the cityfolks that comes to live in their summer houses got so upset when

they discovered this and that it was not called something like carré, some

french or at least something that did not shock the children (of the

cityfolks)

 

Hehe ... well this is what I mean. Do we eat what we eat with integrity? Is

it OK for us to eat pork or chicken and be ignorant for how they live and

die?

 

I am not a vegetarian, but I choose the meat I eat carfully. It is wild or

it is from a farm with great integrity, caring for their animals and being

responsible for their wellbeing. Iam not sure I would stand the test: Can I

kill it? I should probably be a vegetarian to have full integrity if I

follow that creed.

 

Holger