178: Meredith Leigh, The Ethical Meat Handbook (Asheville, NC)

Right now, one of the main conversations in America around food is about the cracks and the faultines in the meat industry, and by extension, the idea that while it’s hard and illness is an epidemic, we must force workers by decree to keep working. This assumes the validity of the system, and I’m about to suggest that we’re missing the idea of questioning things that have become institutionalized. I also know that it’s overwhelming to look at ideas we have around it if we have no solutions. But we do have places to begin to explore solutions. I’ve enlisted farmer, butcher, author, and teacher Meredith Leigh to help us have a discussion. Her Ethical Meat Handbook is in its second edition, and if you’ve chosen to consume meat, then Meredith’s exploration and guidance of our relationship to eating animals is sensible and approachable, and she wants to help you begin to take your power back when it comes to feeding you and your family.