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thenewgreen · 4836 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Truth About Factory Farming and Beef Slaughterhouses - YouTube
My grandparents lived in WWII Germany. Having meat was a luxury as was milk, bread and butter. My grandfather emigrated to the US when he was a very young man. I always wondered when I was a kid why he was always so adamant about offering food to his guests, he would ask "are you sure you won't have more", all the time. You have to say "no thank you" to him many times when you visit because he insists upon feeding you. As I got older and the recognition of what he had been through materialized, I realized that food meant life to him in a way that it didn't to me. It's amazing how spoiled I am, how lucky. meat, butter, cheese, these things are not "God given rights", we are indeed very fortunate to have them.
That said, their is a "true cost" to the production of animal products and it should absolutely be reflected in their costs. I don't think we are going to be able to shield ourselves from this "true reflective costs" as the middle classes in China and India begin to acquire an increased desire for these things. The costs will rise, our tastes will have to adjust or our production will have to increase. It should be an interesting evolution from an ethical standpoint.