Cruelty Free eating

It's on my mind a LOT these days. My mind, my actions, my choices. I want to talk a lot about it. I can talk freely to my husband who is in the same boat making the same choices and of the same mind set. I can also talk openly to my friends TeamAction. And that's about it. I need more of an outlet. SO I think I may use this blog to ramble on about it whenever I feel the urge. I need the therapy to get things off my chest, especially something like this that is front and center for so long in my mind.
Everyday I read something new about agri-business. From the unimaginable abuse of the animals millions eat daily without a thought, to the crap that is actually IN most of the resulting meat, it's one big nightmare.

I gave up conventionally produced meat for a few years in my early 20's, and really all I knew then was that if baby cows were treated so horribly for veal then the rest of the whole scene cannot be good. SO I wanted my animals to frolic freely. It was tough giving up these meats at first but it eventually got easier. I did not give up dairy, as I was completely unaware of the connection. Thank heavens for the internet these days; if I had such easy access to the mounds of information available now back then, I'd be a different person.

This time around though, it feels effortless. I experience zero temptation to eat the flesh of animals that I know have lived lives of fear from birth to horrible death, most likely tortured during the way at least once. I have seen images that wiped clean the desire and that have changed my entire way of thinking.

I feel I'm still in process of melding myself into a compassionate eater. I read about agri-business every day, look over blogs about vegan eating and about animal cruelty, read daily updates from HSUS, view "Meet Your Meat" about once every 2 weeks (the last time w the sound off). I know that my every eating choice is helping to make a difference. I also know that I want to do more. I'm trying to figure out what exactly I could do that would suit me best to help bring more compassion to the world. I feel it's urgent yet I'm not rushing myself. I tend to drop things quickly if I rush in too fiercely.

Ending animal cruelty in agribusiness is something I feel very strongly about. I feel as strongly about it as I do about politics. At least I know that my choices in eating have a bigger effect on the world than my votes ever do.