I never said I wasn't a little bit of a freak...

A few weeks ago, Hunter approached me about this upcoming debate they were going to have in class. There are several vegetarian girls in his class, and the meat eaters and the vegetarians were going to debate...if we as Americans should adopt one day a week that would be meat-free. Now, I have tried "Meatless Mondays" and have learned not to ever, EVER call such a day "Meatless Anything". Because I do have some carnivores in the house, and see anything "meatless" as sub par. I do continue to serve up "meatless" meals occasionally, but I certainly don't call it anything. Hunter is one of the inflammatory ones, he will say things like..."Oh Doctor Oz must have told you that blah blah blah". While I did enjoy Dr. Oz on Oprah occasionally, I haven't watched his show once, shameful. And since being introduced to Dr. Oz, I have come upon some much heavier stuff, Hunter. Thank you very much.

So, anyway, we discussed the debate. At first, he thought the vegetarians wanted to make a meatless day mandatory. You know pass a law. I told him that, I didn't think that would ever happen. But who knows, with all the health care stuff being debated...the way we eat does make us sick. Then, the next day he came back, and said that they just wanted people to take a pledge. Oh...well that changes things for me, I told him. You know me, I said I thought it would be a good idea. And really, I left it at that. I have learned not to cram things down people's throats. People will figure stuff out when they are good and ready to figure stuff out, and nobody listens to you otherwise. But I am still going to finish my blog post. hahaha

Hunter disappeared upstairs for awhile, he was doing some research. He came downstairs with a puzzled look on his face. "Why do we eat meat anyway?" I started to laugh, he was beginning to see the light. I am not a vegetarian, nor do I think I will be anytime soon. But I do think the way we raise poultry, beef, and swine is disgusting. Let me be specific, I don't think eating meat is disgusting, I do however think the way we currently (in the United States) raise most of our meat is disgusting. Days before Scott lost his job, I was days away from paying and picking up my 1/4 of a grass fed cow. After he lost his job, I did indeed pull the plug on that, but I can't wait to fill my freezer with the grass fed cow and chicken from Paul Jack's Farm.

After Hunter left, I did a little research of my own.
I want to read this book, but I'm a little scared. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll tell you all about it. My hope in telling you about this and the other books and stuff below, is not to gross you out and/or make you feel bad about the stuff you may or may not eat. But I think, if more people know about our food industry and how what we eat affects us, they would want things to change too.

Are you interesting in learning about the food you eat? 'Cuz it's not just meat that gets me in a dizzy. Read some books!

This cute little book, I start with, because it's kind of an overview of many other books. It's a good, thought provoking book that can be read in 20 minutes, or so. Many, if not all of these other books I have blogged about previously, but I'll put them up again...just in case you might be interested this time around.