Reply #112: I'm not vegetarian but

[OnionPatch]

I eat very little meat.

The reasons are not because I do or don't think it's good for you. I think it's pretty obvious we are omnivores and are meant to eat some meat but lots of veggies, but the main reason I don't eat much meat is: Factory Farms. I just feel it's unethical to raise animals in the horrible, wretched conditions they are raised in on factory farms and on top of that, it's ruining the environment in two horrible ways: 1. The LAKES of animals urine and waste that accumulate in the factory farms and leach into the local water. 2. the rainforest is being destroyed at an alarming rate to grow food for all these meat animals that we eat so much of.

I have no problem with simply eating meat. It's our ways of doing so that are pretty messed up in my opinion. I like to eat free-range and grass-fed animals that are raised ethically without tons of hormones and antibiotics. I also like to eat meat my husband hunts (or fishes) but he only hunts animals that are abundant, like deer. Also, I don't usually serve big chunks of meat on its own but work it into recipes that don't use such huge amounts of it, like spaghetti, chili, fajitas, stews, etc.