How do you do that? I mean obviously it's easier for big chain restaurants but like....do you go into the local mom and pop and ask where they get their burgers from?
lol yeah, sometimes I do. Others, I look online. Chipotle is pretty forward-thinking with that stuff. That is not to write that I won't eat somewhere because of it. It's just a preference, when possible. Voting dollars and whatnot.
Wanna hang out?
Wasn't that an episode of Portlandia.... They got there pigs papers before they ate and drove to the farm and joined a cult.
I do. Look, I am not going to lie, I am not perfect about animal rights. I eat meat sometimes. And I love McDonald's fries. But I hope I will raise my children to want to live better than I live, and to me, this is analogous to a parent smoking but not wanting her child to make the same mistake. My husband is much better than I am about animal welfare. But at root I am happier with myself when I put my beliefs ahead of my selfishness - I don't always do it, but I feel better when I do - and I hope when I have children I will set the right example for them. The fact that I am not perfect doesn't mean I don't aspire to do the right thing and won't try to do it for my future children.
I also think there's a distinction between not using animal products and not using inhumanely treated animal products. As I said before, we aren't vegans. We use animal products if the animals are treated humanely (my personal belief is that humans are supposed to consume animals, so I do, but I *try* to do so humanely). The problem with McDonald's is that it does not treat animals ethically at all. If someone was grilling hamburgers made from free range cattle I wouldn't have a problem with it at all.