For those who are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Jon Taggert of Burgundy Pasture Beef (grassfed supplier) is going to be giving a talk on this very subject tomorrow night in Fort Worth:

Join us at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas for a presentation of
"The True Definition of Sustainable Ranching"
presented by Jon Taggart
of Burgundy Pasture Beef
  
This presentation is a part of the Lecture Series "Reimagining American Landscapes"
When: Thursday, 2/27 - 6:45 pm
Where: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Dr
Ft Worth, TX
 
Open to the public
Go to this Link for more information:
http://brit.org/education/learners/lectureseries

On Feb 23, 2014, at 12:16 AM, David Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>> One of my few ethical food choices is to eat lamb and veal rarely. I feel that the animals deserve a life. Also, >>they deserve a better one than we have been giving them in factory farming. 
> 
> We all have the right to choose what we believe to "be ethical." Our beliefs may or may not have any basis in objective reality.
> If you choose not to eat lamb or veal, please let go of the fantasy that would live happy lives frolicking with Bambi and all the other Disney anthropomorphized cute animals. Sheep and cows functions as domesticated food animals. If everyone stopped eating them they would not have any life outside of the few in a zoo.
> -David