Do you know where your meat comes from?

Here's an interesting blog post by the Utne Reader about eating meat and your carbon footprint. I'm sure you've heard before that NOT eating meat is good for the environment, but these people remind us that, depending on where the meat comes from, it can benefit the environment to eat meat.


My wife and I have been members of a local meat CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for over a year now. We feel good about both the environmental and economic impacts of supporting this local, natural farm because of their holistic approach to farming. We have also gotten to know the family of six who works so hard to put dinner on our table, which is something that sadly most of us don't get to experience anymore.

I encourage you to find out more about the foods you eat, not just meat. How far has it traveled to get to your table? What are the ingredients and where did they come from? (Mother Nature, or an industrial lab?) How processed is it? (Sometimes processed vegetarian foods use way more energy than a fresh piece of meat.) Who had a hand in making this for me?

If you're interested in local food, drop me a note at honset@william.jewell.edu and I'll tell you about some other Kansas City area resources.