Hey Ex-Vegetarians...

[marina]

I've been looking around for ways/places I can get a hold of humane meat and I ran across Animal Welfare Approved - Home What do you guys think?

[andsoitgoes]

Most organic stores should stock free-range animal products and they should have rapport with the farms.

[marina]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

Most organic stores should stock free-range animal products and they should have rapport with the farms.

Good to know.

[motownguy]

Find a deer-processing place. They'll sell venison products that were killed humanely and come from deer that lived a wild free life right up until they landed on you grill.

[Vudell]

I know I have seen that kind of stuff at Trader Joe's.

[marina]

Originally Posted by Vudell

I know I have seen that kind of stuff at Trader Joe's.

Sweet. I was thinking of making a trip to the store tonight. I'm not sure.

[Zim]

Originally Posted by Lord of the Cock Rings

Around here (WI) it's illegal to sell wild venison because of poaching concerns. I'm sure laws very by state, but farm raised venison is almost always very humanely treated (though often pretty 'spensive).

mmmmm ... poached venison ... wait, that isn't what you meant, was it?

[marina]

So last night after work I went to Henry's Market which is a subsidiary of Wild Oats. We looked into the meat section and there wasn't anything there about humane-whatever. I asked the cashier if they had a fact sheet or something. She said I could talk to the butcher, but we were already out the door. So, in short- fail.

[marina]

I had to stay home sick again today and I decided that enough was enough. Dr. Boyfriend got some chicken on the way home and he's making chicken enchiladas. I already had some of the chicken, so I guess that's my first meat.

[pheno]

Originally Posted by marina

I've been looking around for ways/places I can get a hold of humane meat and I ran across Animal Welfare Approved - Home What do you guys think?

Your best bet is to look into a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). There you'll get access to quality fruits and vegetables, which aren't organic (although they can be) but instead are just of high quality. Most CSA's have meat as part of the deal, or can introduce you to the local farmers to get your meat from.

if you want humane, pasture raised, and much higher quality meat then you need to go to local farms. The lie of the current industrial food machine is that you can only access chicken through Tyson or Perdue.