Posted on 18th May 2010 by Mish in food
gardening, mariel hemingway, meat eating, organic gardening, organic meat, pastured meat, urban farmer, urban homesteading, vegan, vegetarian
I’m about as crunchy as they come. Just ask my friends. I recycle. I farm. I buy all natural foods. I make my own baby wipes and baby food. I hang out my clothes to dry. I bring my own bags to the store. Pretty much if it’s considered crunchy – I do it. And I love vegetables. Really I do. But I will never be able to be a vegetarian. I’ve been a vegetarian and I truly don’t believe it’s a healthier way to live. “What???” you gasp. “How can eating only vegetables not be the best thing for you?” Well. It’s not.
First of all, meat, fish, and eggs are good for you. The jury is still out on just how good for you dairy is – even organic – but many vegetarians, including the elitist of all vegetarians, Helen and Scott Nearing, ate dairy.
Meat, fish and eggs, when ethically and organically produced, have Omega-3 fatty acids which are important for our immune system and, obviously, protein.
My goal for eating and living is eat healthfully and wholly. Only eating things that grow out of the ground or eat things that grow out of the ground. A veggie burger made of over-processed non-fermented soy chunks is not a whole food. Neither is soy milk. There’s an argument, too, that eating these non-fermented soy products is actually worse for your body than eating a steak.
If there’s a choice, I’ll eat the steak.
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Posted on 24th September 2008 by Mish in food | frugal
butchering, farm, food, frugal, lamb, meat, organic meat, pastured meat
Saturday was killing day for three of our sheep. These three were meat sheep that we didn’t particularly enjoy having around. They were unfriendly and a little rough on our pasture fences. We still have two remaining Romney ewes that we intend to keep and possibly breed again.
Mark Durkee is a local legend. He’s been featured in several books including a great book about a farm near here called “Harvest,” and John O’Brien (another local legend, you may have heard of his movie “A Man With a Plan” – if not – find it, it’s wonderful) has featured him in his latest movie (or at least that’s what Mark told me on Saturday).
Mark is a true Vermont character. His career has been killing, skinning and gutting all sorts of animals. He does it, not because he enjoys the killing, but he likes being his own boss, he knows how to do it well, it brings him some cash and he can spend his days doing other things – he also, I think, likes traveling around and spending the morning with the farmers.
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