The current human consumption of meat is not only incredibly un-sustainable, but also really sad. Most of South Africas meat is raised under intensive industrial farming operations. Instead of being able to graze on pastures and being able to free to roam, they are fed a high percentage of grain(a completely un-natural diet) and various kinds of cheap proteins and fats...as well as high doses of antibiotics and growth hormones, and are kept indoors in highly concentrated feedlots. And if its not that, then i cant forget to mention a vast majority of world wide deforestation is to make grazing land for all this meat we're eating...
A high percentage of pigs never get to feel the earth under their feet. and around 80% of cattle and chicken are grown in confined feedlots. Sheep in this country have it better off, and are largely farm free range...good for them!
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| Free range diary farm. Underberg... happy cows :) |
Not saying don't eat meat at all but for goodness sake, if you are fortunate enough to be aware of what is going on, at least choose free range and organic over the rest... Consumerism drives the change.
Don't abuse the luxury of being able to pop into the supermarket and voila...
Respect these animals that give us our food.
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| Calf, Underberg. How cute is that face...what gentle creatures cows are. |
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