You Are What You Eat: 12 Questions for the Concerned Meat Eater

Consider these 12 questions when sourcing and choosing the meat you consume.

1. Was the animal conceived naturally or was the mother artificially inseminated?
2. Where was the animal born? How long did it remain with its mother?
   Layers can be located in the south; the eggs are shipped to hatcheries, the poults are then shipped to the farmer, the chickens are then transported to the consumer

3. What did the newborn consume?
   It’s mother’s milk? Industrial pellets? Contaminated grains (GMO, sprayed with insecticide)?
4. Where was the animal raised? What is the quality of the soil?
5. Did the growing animal drink clean, spring water? Fracked water?
6. If the animal is a ruminant, how much grain did it eat? Any antibiotics?
7. How much green grass or browse did the growing animal eat?
8. Was a variety of pastures available?
9. How much time did the animal spend outside on grass, in fresh air?
10. Is the property where the animal grew up contaminated with chemicals?
11. If the animal consumed grains, where does the grain come from and is it GMO free or organic?
12. How was the animal harvested? How much stress did it experience?
    Good hunters provide the most stress free and humane harvest: the animal is unsuspecting and dies instantly

• On the farm harvesting can be almost as stress free and humane if done properly
• Slaughter houses can minimize the stress to the animal. But the animal usually has to be transported to the facility and can incur stress from this transport

BONUS QUESTION: When and where was the animal harvested?