Thanks for such a well-phrased comment and from such evident well-earned, in the field, experience!

…and that “nightmare” filters down to us with each mouthful we eat…

…Isn’t it amazing that the “Third Way” was what used to be the “Normal Way” in this country until WWII and the advent of heavy industrialization of meat production?

…I look forward to checking out what healthy protein offerings you have to offer at Chimacum Meats!

Best,
Cork

Thanks for your review of Hugh Fearnley Whitingstalls book. I purchased it several months ago and have been reading and re-reading it ever since. His first chapter is electrifying and should be read by everyone who eats meat. He is one of the most original and creative writers on the ethics and morality of meat out there. Especially noteworthy is his first chapter – a meat manifesto and why he considers eating meat (his way) an ethical act. He spares no restraint in condeming the horrid industrial gulag concentration camp system that we have created for our domesticated animals. Animals to whom we are contracted with to care and feed and consume with the utmost respect and honor. Instead, we have created a grotesque nightmare for 99.9% of livestock on this planet.

Mr. Fearnley Whitingstall points out to us the third way. Rejecting both the industrial meat gulag and the vegetarian approach of sticking one’s head in the sand. Instead, we must develop alternate, healthy and respectful ways of honoring the social contract we have had with our domesticated livestock for the past 10,000 years. Sadly, we have a long way to go.

Phil Vogelzang
Egg and I Farm
Chimacum Meats
Chimacum WA

Thanks! I think I even remember “Freedom Fighter” from that time. Sure makes a contrast to the pleasant cooking segment.

Ron –

The more people take more responsibility for their own food choices, the better we’ll be able to get these self-serving whackos at PETA/HSUS out of the picture…what’s that saying from Lincoln: you can scam some of the people, some of the time; but not all the people, all the time? It’s all about money and the people heading these organizations have found a cash cow and are milking it for all the got, lauding how they spend money on advertising and TV spots…where’s their millions of dollars they’re spending on creating places for animals to thrive (like we hunters have been doing since 1937–with Billions of dollars!): PETA/HSUS are all lipservice for the delusional!

Thanks for speaking up!

Best,
Cork

Great background music too.