tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761737724028031201.post6122988740468863881..comments2012-04-27T13:20:04.195-04:00Comments on Rural Fantasy: White RabbitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761737724028031201.post-32110207867314840742011-01-06T17:55:20.970-05:002011-01-06T17:55:20.970-05:00How is 4-H working out for you, L? There is a cha...How is 4-H working out for you, L? There is a chapter starting up here, and I am interested in getting us involved. I think we would consider our ducks our project and we also have no plans to harvest them (although their eggs are another story - I'm hoping we can get a bundle of those). <br /><br />I am confronted, every time I shop for meat, with the conundrum of price versus ethics. It is expensive! But I'm coming around to the point where I think we won't actually eat as much meat. And that's hard for us Texas girls. But I need to force the issue of veggies for our family, and cutting back on the meat is a good way to do it. <br /><br />I do, however, think that I should get to the point where we are raising something for meat. And maybe not rabbits, because they are so freaking cute, but something. <br /><br />Just think how many grapes you killed with those two glasses of wine!<br /><br />I have absolutely no evidence that plants don't experience their own form of displeasure or pain at being harvested, and it's an interesting question. Sort of a flip side of "if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?" If you bite a carrot, and you don't hear it screaming, does that mean that it isn't screaming? Or that you don't speak it's language? <br /><br />This is sort of off the topic, but I was talking to someone about being a vegan and they pointed out that through the process of harvesting wheat or corn, many, many, many animals are killed. Voles and snakes and mice. Things like that. So that, even then, there isn't a guarantee that you have been kind to all creatures. I haven't discussed that with a vegan, though. <br /><br />I think that humans have to accept that plants and animals die when we eat. And we should treat them, and the Earth, with the utmost respect and care possible, but... We should also eat.Jackalopettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314638783089394648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761737724028031201.post-35940995704985113352011-01-03T21:13:18.810-05:002011-01-03T21:13:18.810-05:00As ridiculous as this may sound (even to me), why ...As ridiculous as this may sound (even to me), why is it acceptable to kill vegetables? All smirks aside, the matter of where the line is drawn is so influenced by beliefs, culture, yadda yadda but rarely on direct facts. But what are facts? Can anything be whittled down to a truth? Truth is contextual...personal, me thinks. <br /><br />I'm way off in left field here, but bunny rabbit or brocolli...what's the difference? <br /><br />Perhaps what I'm really trying to say is that I shouldn't comment on blogs after two glasses of wine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761737724028031201.post-82634104070353974902010-12-28T01:04:07.088-05:002010-12-28T01:04:07.088-05:00rabbits....something i am learning alot about thes...rabbits....something i am learning alot about these days. you are correct that our rabbits are pets and meat rabbits. we will not sell them after the county fair or butcher them ourselves (although some of the young people in 4-H do and that is fine). <br /><br />nor our will ours have the pleasure or mass producing (we are not engaging in this 4-H experiment to become rabbit breeders). in 4-H there are 2 categories of rabbits: show quality and pet quality. Show quality pets can not be neutered but since our little bunnies have no papers, little boy bunny is getting neutered so he can his sister can snuggle together in the cold winter nights and not have regrets in the morning. <br /><br />our endeavour is rooted in learning to care for and respect another creature. i believe this aides in our daughter's education and understanding of why it takes me so long to decide what dozen eggs to buy at trader's joes. organic...cage free...hand raised...the list goes on and on. <br /><br />sometimes it is hard to decide which criteria is more important (and justifies the extra $2) in order to not only have the least amount of chemicals and additives introduced into our diet but also which "life" was the most humane (not pun intended) for the animal itself and the growers of that food. <br /><br />short of raising and butchering our own foods (for i've tried to be a veggie and i have decided that's not the answer for me) this is the least i can do to acknowledge that some real animal played a large part in my dinner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com