“Changes Along Your Journey”
One of the most unbelievable (as in how can you say that) things that comes up in discussions about vegetarianism, animal rights, etc. is that those are only concerns of urban elites (whatever that’s supposed to actually mean) who “don’t know anything about” animal agriculture and farming etc. I have animal agriculture on both sides of my family - my father was a ‘hog man’ and my husband comes from a family based around his grandfather’s small dairy operation. They can’t run the actual dairy anymore but his grandfather still trucks cattle to slaughter. My brother and sister in-law have worked in slaughter houses. I don’t talk about any of that here.
I’m happy, however, point to other people who “know some things” and who are talking about it. I just found this full documentary about Howard Lyman, author of Mad Cowbow: The Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Wont Eat Meat. I’ve pointed to him before and have to highly recommend this film - it’s in 6 parts here on youtube. Check it out. Here’s part one, click though to see all 6.
“How else are you gonna do it?” That’s from the end of part 4.
One answer is, of course, is that we don’t actually have to do it in the first place. You can get the farming, the dignity of producing food, the closeness to nature without being involved in the hideousness (that is the totality if not just the end game) of most types of animal agriculture. We can get the good without the bad. But we have to want it to be that way. And we have to act, vote, shop, and eat like we give a damn.
