My relationship with meat has been put to the test these past few weeks. Our friends at Speargrass Farm are Hunter Gatherers; They eat what they grow and kill and are pretty heavy meat eaters. I had not been eating meat for a while and there are countless reasons for not doing so; It is cruel to kill animals, farmed animals are kept in deplorable conditions, it is unhealthy to eat meat, it is environmentally unfriendly to rear animals for food, meat has large amounts of antibiotics and hormones, eating meat makes me feel heavy, bloated and unwell and so and so… On a micro-level at Speargrass, eating meat makes sense though. It is an ethical intelligent healthy process that is essential to them living a sustainable self-sufficient life - Animals that are reared on the farm are happy, healthy and loved - Only good-sized adult male animals are hunted - A “prayer” or thanks is given to the animal - The animal is killed quickly and cleanly - Every part of the animal is utilized - And Laura cooks deliciously….. Making LeatherI decided that I would work on the skin of the kangaroo that we killed last week and make some leather under Luke’s guidance. It is quite a yucky process; The rotting meat, the smells, the flies… But I overcame my initial revulsion and fleshed a kangaroo & goat over 4 days.
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