Love this! Reminds me of the Violette de Bordeaux Figs with calabrian chili oil & cured lardo recipe I adapted from California cuisine restaurant Rustic Canyon! check it out:
Danielle, I really appreciate your piece as a reminder that factory farming is a moral and ecological crisis we can’t ignore. The suffering it causes—to animals, ecosystems, and rural communities—is unacceptable and should never be defended. But--for me--it’s also important to acknowledge that all agriculture involves death. Even growing plants causes harm through habitat loss, tilling, pesticides, and machinery. Much of our organic fertilizer is made of animal bones and blood. Death is part of the natural cycle—new life depends on decay. The question for me isn’t how to prevent death, but whether I participate in that cycle responsibly and with reverence.
As an omnivore, I believe my role is to eat mindfully and live in closer alignment with nature’s rhythms. And when I do benefit from the life given by another plant or animal, it deepens my gratitude.
Thank you for your effort and concerns. A few thoughts. 1. Yes, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are pretty horrific and a poor life for the livestock in them. 2. Conscientious eating takes a lot of energy, I think far more than most people are willing to invest in something they barely think about now. And any low effort diet is inextricably tied to factory food in the US. 3. Chickens are not scalded in boiling water, which would be better than the 130-170F water used. Boiling would kill many pathogens that thrive at the lower temperatures used. 4. As someone who writes about conscientious eating regularly, the number of people interested in topics like yours/ours is growing, its growing more slowly than the apathy and discounting of others who aren't interested. Sadly, we've made eating without effort so ubiquitous and marketers are so focused on ignoring the externalities of our food systems that we continue to go backwards. Sigh.
Danielle, Please face your avoidance to holding the dairy industry responsible for its cruelty in taking babies from mothers. It’s also a feeder for fast food hamburgers. Thank you.
Congrats to Theo!!
That salad looks amazing!
Do you know if there is anywhere else I can read the article by Alexandra Talty as I don't have a subscription to NYT.
xoxo
Love this! Reminds me of the Violette de Bordeaux Figs with calabrian chili oil & cured lardo recipe I adapted from California cuisine restaurant Rustic Canyon! check it out:
https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/get-rustic-canyons-recipe-violette
Danielle, I really appreciate your piece as a reminder that factory farming is a moral and ecological crisis we can’t ignore. The suffering it causes—to animals, ecosystems, and rural communities—is unacceptable and should never be defended. But--for me--it’s also important to acknowledge that all agriculture involves death. Even growing plants causes harm through habitat loss, tilling, pesticides, and machinery. Much of our organic fertilizer is made of animal bones and blood. Death is part of the natural cycle—new life depends on decay. The question for me isn’t how to prevent death, but whether I participate in that cycle responsibly and with reverence.
As an omnivore, I believe my role is to eat mindfully and live in closer alignment with nature’s rhythms. And when I do benefit from the life given by another plant or animal, it deepens my gratitude.
Do you think our cruelty has gone too far?
https://open.substack.com/pub/abforbes/p/has-our-cruelty-gone-too-far?r=yn8c0&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for your effort and concerns. A few thoughts. 1. Yes, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are pretty horrific and a poor life for the livestock in them. 2. Conscientious eating takes a lot of energy, I think far more than most people are willing to invest in something they barely think about now. And any low effort diet is inextricably tied to factory food in the US. 3. Chickens are not scalded in boiling water, which would be better than the 130-170F water used. Boiling would kill many pathogens that thrive at the lower temperatures used. 4. As someone who writes about conscientious eating regularly, the number of people interested in topics like yours/ours is growing, its growing more slowly than the apathy and discounting of others who aren't interested. Sadly, we've made eating without effort so ubiquitous and marketers are so focused on ignoring the externalities of our food systems that we continue to go backwards. Sigh.
Danielle, Please face your avoidance to holding the dairy industry responsible for its cruelty in taking babies from mothers. It’s also a feeder for fast food hamburgers. Thank you.