Reading In Defense of Food couldn’t have come at a better time. The PETA debacle yesterday really threw me for a loop. I thought about how much meat and poultry I’ve eaten throughout the course of my life, and realized the probably a really slim percentage of those animals were treated humanely while they were alive.
I really love animals, and yesterday I decided that I could do a little bit of good by electing to become a vegetarian. Interesting, though, all of the questions that come after a decision like that: Can I still eat fish? What about cheese and milk? Should I just go vegan?
How much is enough?
One of my friends suggested grass-fed beef and free range chicken, but I’ve decided to see what it’s like to cut all meat out for awhile. I think I’ll still eat fish and shellfish for protein, but then comes the moral question of selecting farmed fish vs. unfarmed. Sigh. What a can of worms … which, coincidentally, is probably the only animal I’d feel okay about eating right about now.
