tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post5555806195947139228..comments2023-06-03T10:17:45.199-05:00Comments on This Agrarian Life: hatchet (wo)manTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909872672886308470noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-43338149889894635232010-12-15T10:31:23.978-06:002010-12-15T10:31:23.978-06:00I've found myself filling this same role in ou...I've found myself filling this same role in our family, and it gives me pause as well. I've received criticism and praise for being the one who kills, and I'm not sure how to feel about either. Is it a contradiction to kill an animal you care for? Is it my responsibility to end the life I raised? I can't answer those questions to my own satisfaction, and I don't know what it means to be the killer. Here's what I do know:<br /><br />I eat meat, and I will continue to eat meat throughout my life.<br />I want to raise my own animals for eggs, milk, meat, and everything else they provide, including love, entertainment, compost, sustainability, and community.<br />I want those animals to live in the sun, to scratch in the grass and take dust baths, to flap and breathe and peck and do all the things their bodies were meant to do.<br />I want to know that my food did not suffer while it was alive.<br />I want to look my dinner in the eye before it dies so that I may share a connection with my food, with my animal family, and with the part of me that is an animal also.taylorgirl6https://www.blogger.com/profile/17684164068191979693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-5922606828232696022010-12-14T19:07:45.836-06:002010-12-14T19:07:45.836-06:00We never know what we are capable of until a parti...We never know what we are capable of until a particular task needs to be done and there is no one else to do it. There is something to be said for a person who knows that despite the uncomfortable nature of some tasks on the farm, they still need to be done and done perfectly every time...killing is one of those tasks where there is no room for error.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246354798071884541noreply@blogger.com