People love to ask someone who doesn't eat meat why they have made that choice and I suppose in a society where meat eating is not too often put under the microscope its a fair question.
Personally I do not currently eat meat because of the inhumane and unsustainable practices used to factory farm livestock. This doesn't mean I think killing animals for meat is wrong. This doesn't mean I don't get enough iron in my diet. This doesn't mean I don't think the taste of meat is fantastic. BUT
My husband, however, is an enthusiastic carnivore and whilst he joins me in some of my vegetarian meals he enjoys the taste of meat too much to give it up entirely so I've been spending some time lately researching the most ethical meat that we can buy. I already purchase only free range chicken from the local Woolworths but have had more difficulty coming across beef, lamb or pork that I feel confident has been farmed in a natural environment.
Then I discovered this butcher not too far from us in the Brisbane suburb of Paddington. It's called The Meat-ing Place and you can view their website here. The butcher gives details of each of their producers who all raise their animals on pastures, in a healthy and natural environment. You can purchase the meat in convenient packs with a variety of cuts and while the product is still undeniably more expensive than the cheap cuts on the supermarket shelves I'd feel much better voting for animal welfare with our dollars than the alternative.
My Dad has told me before about an interview he watched with a woman praised for being able to prepare the "best lamb roast in the world" and her first tip to achieve a great taste was to kill the lamb while its happy. Yes, the animal does still have to die to produce meat; but it's the way their life is spent, not the eventual death that ultimately concerns me.
I may just have to try some of this happy lamb meat myself.
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