yep I hear you! I think pasture raised beef makes the whole difference for sure. I feel comfortable with what I eat because my family lives runs works and owns a ranch of about 200 head of cattleIts funny how when you get a little perspective you trip over a Paradigm.... I recently did a little trip over my objection to veal... the industry has changed some but i still wont eat it. The whole idea of a calf being taken from its momma just so we can have milk.... Oh wait there was that shift... the Veal industry is a product of the milk industry....Same goes for every dairy product... little uns are removed and bottle fed so the Goat, cow, Sheep can freshen their milk.
The deal with beef is the calf is taken away and put in a shed and not allowed to ever eat green food. till they become anemic. They can only survive x amount of months this way and are slaughtered at the optimum weight.
So I don't object now when others have veal. I still wont eat it.
I have never dispatched an animal for food... but I know I could with Chickens and Guinea Fowl It would be imperative that I do it right... Its not the place for being tentative... Though since I would have to do it myself I will be learning how to do it using a cone.
Once I get experience I will add in at least one or two Muscovies for my larder.
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