{"id":24784,"date":"2011-12-23T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T04:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/meat-its-whats-for-dinner.html"},"modified":"2011-12-23T22:31:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T05:31:17","slug":"meat-its-whats-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/meat-its-whats-for-dinner.html","title":{"rendered":"Meat! It&#8217;s What&#8217;s for Dinner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy being omnivorous.  Be it a juicy steak, a convenient hamburger, some roasted or fried chicken, or, of course, &quot;meat candy&quot; itself, bacon &#8230; I just like meat.<\/p>\n<p>I also respect folks who take a vegetarian course, either out of health concern or, more especially, due to moral considerations.  Certainly the nature of factory farms and the practices of industrial animal production represent the modern &quot;sausage-making&quot; of the meat-eating diet, and should give any feeling human pause.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#39;s an interesting article about some vegetarians who learned, with appropriate limits, how to re-approach meat.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2011\/12\/eating-animals\/250179\/'>Eating Animals<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy a group of longtime vegetarians and vegans converted to the idea that flesh and other food from animals can be healthful, environmentally appropriate, and ethical\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy being omnivorous. Be it a juicy steak, a convenient hamburger, some roasted or fried chicken, or, of course, &quot;meat candy&quot; itself, bacon &#8230; I just like meat. I also respect folks who take a vegetarian course, either out of health concern or, more especially, due to moral considerations. Certainly the nature of factory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/meat-its-whats-for-dinner.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meat! 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