Eating Meat

Teaching Our Children The Ethics Of Eating Meat

Rabbi Edward Bernstein | Posted 04.25.2012

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Rabbi Edward Bernstein

During dinner with our children, we asked them, all enthusiastic carnivores, why they thought it was OK to eat meat. Their varying responses inspired us to frame this discussion in terms of the Passover Haggadah's description of the Four Children.

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Does Eating Local Actually Hurt The Environment?

Posted 04.24.2012

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Does the recent passing of Earth Day have you thinking that you want to do more for the environment? One popular solution is to eat local, but accordi...

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New York Times' "Ethical Meat" Contest Is Great PR for Meat Industry

Michele Simon | Posted 05.26.2012

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Michele Simon

The New York Times is holding a silly contest for meat-eaters to have their say. Here is my entry.

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Debate: Can It Be More Ethical To Eat Meat?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 03.20.2012

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We all have to eat, so it's the debate that never ends -- is it more socially responsible to kill and eat animals, or to rely on a vegetarian diet? ...

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A Case For Eating Meat

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.19.2012

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Daniel Klein

The type of meat eating that I am defending is the occasional consumption of animals that have been raised on pasture in limited numbers and where the practice mimics that of nature and treats the animals (and slaughters them) humanely. In this limited capacity, I think meat eating can be MORE responsible than vegetarianism for reasons that impact the environment, our health, culture, history and morality.

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Does Eating Meat Make You a Bully?

Ari Solomon | Posted 03.31.2012

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Ari Solomon

Here is the definition of the word bully: "A person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker." Many of us know firsthand ...

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Mark Bittman: We're Eating Less Meat. Why?

NYTimes.com | Posted 01.11.2012

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Americans eat more meat than any other population in the world; about one-sixth of the total, though we're less than one-twentieth of the population. ...

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How To Identify & Cook Steak Cuts

The Splendid Table | Posted 01.04.2012

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The Splendid Table

You aren't the first person to be deceived by the nasty little eye round and you won't be the last. Eye round is one of the few unredeemable cuts of meat; think tough and tasteless.

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Christian Ethical Vegetarianism: A Modest Proposal

Michael Gilmour | Posted 12.23.2011

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Michael Gilmour

Do Christians have moral obligations to animate creation? Many say no, citing the mandate to "have dominion" over all living things. But is the language of Genesis so devoid of ambiguity?

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Like Animals? So Why Eat Them?

Nil Zacharias | Posted 10.01.2011

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Nil Zacharias

We may argue 'til the cows come home about the moral, health and environmental reasons why we should or should not consume animals, but we can't ignore one undeniable truth: eating animals is a choice... a choice we can learn to live without.

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Lynne Peeples

Beefing Up The Case Against Meat: Environment Group The Latest To Advise Eating Less Meat And Cheese

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.17.2011

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Gidon Eschel, a professor of climate physics at Bard College in New York, spent much of his youth in Israel with cows — tending to a dairy farm as a...

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A Swedish Burger Chain Says "Minimize Me"

Andrew Winston | Posted 09.06.2011

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Andrew Winston

What do you do if you want to be a responsible corporate citizen and you sell fast food? Well, I think your company would look a lot like Max Burgers, based in Sweden.

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Killing Your Meal For The First Time

Megan Paska | Posted 08.30.2011

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Megan Paska

Killing a chicken was easy but hard. The act of plucking off her feathers, eviscerating her carcass and the moment when a living thing became food, in my hands, right before my eyes, were tremendously profound.

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Raise Your Own BBQ Wings: A Workshop in Backyard Chicken Harvesting

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 08.07.2011

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Jenna Woginrich

I have now been eating my own meat birds for two seasons, and I was excited to do the slow-motion magic trick of turning a live chicken into a perfect roasting bird just like you'd see at the grocery store.

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Calling Bull On Mark Zuckerberg's Meat Challenge

Laurel Miller | Posted 08.01.2011

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Laurel Miller

As one of the few remaining humans on the planet not on Facebook, I still like to give credit where it's due. I may loathe Mark Zuckerberg's time-suck...

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What's So Great About Grass-Fed Beef?

Daniel Klein | Posted 06.20.2011

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Daniel Klein

When thinking of topics to cover next, I realized that I hadn't done anything on grass-fed beef. This method of rearing animals is one of the corners...

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USDA Suggests Testing Meat Before It Goes To Stores

Posted 06.06.2011

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In an effort to reduce the amount of consumer illnesses and deaths due to contaminated meat, the USDA has announced a "test and hold" rule that will d...

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Lindy & Grundy, Your Typical Neighborhood Butchers, Open Shop

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 06.05.2011

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Alexis C. Jolly

Dining on atypical cuts may seem to be solely the domain of foodies, snobs who use food as cultural capital. I've met people like that and, yes, they're assholes.

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Meet A Meat Painter

The Daily Meal | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the annals of art history, meat as still life isn't unheard of, but it might not be the first subject that comes to mind —at least for most peopl...

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PHOTOS: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Dan Imhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Imhoff

CAFOs are a perverse inversion of our idea of family farms with pigs rolling in the mud, cows grazing in pastures, roosters crowing from fence posts, and farmers interacting with the animals.

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To Meat Or Not To Meat

Laura Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Silverman

In exchange (ultimately for their lives), they received protection from predators, assistance in bearing young and even rudimentary health care. What would become of our domesticated animals if we were to stop eating them?

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'Kill It, Cook It, Eat It' Slaughtering Show Comes To Cable

Squid Ink | Posted 05.25.2011

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LA Weekly's Squid Ink writes:​ Just in case your meat guilt wasn't powerful enough, here comes Kill It, Cook It, Eat It, a BBC show premiering in A...

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A Dozen Resolutions For The Outdoor Cook

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meathead

If you're like me and love cooking outdoors because everything tastes better when cooked over open flame, here is a list of New Year's Resolutions for you.

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Vegas Conference Advocates Return To Horses As Food

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management chief blasted critics of the federal government's periodic wild horse roundups on Tuesday, callin...

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Paul McCartney Urges India To Declare Vegetarian Day

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW DELHI — Outspoken vegetarian Paul McCartney is urging India to declare a national Vegetarian Day to celebrate meat-free living and compassio...

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