Makenna Goodman moved to Vermont during the 2008 financial crash. And so it makes it better, but it's fraught. The ethics of it still, I think if I can do it myself, at least I know that the animal that I'm eating did not die in anguish or live in anguish. They're named and you scratch behind their ears. I don't establish a bond with a chicken, but I do establish a bond with sheep and cows. But the thrashing feels like they're suffering. chickens thrash a lot, because it's the nerve endings, but they're dead instantly. This is so peaceful."Īnd then on the other hand, I was like.
And I thought on the one hand, "We've gotten so good at this. And yet it was so routine for us and so calm and so quiet.
At least for me, like, the horror of death is there. Every time you do it, you think, "Is this right?" The ethics of what you're doing are always. When we were killing the chickens, my husband and I, it was so gruesome because it's gruesome to kill an animal regardless of how used to it you get. We just did enough for like two a month, two chickens a month to eat. We did it right there, actually, right on that flat, shady spot by the children's play set. We're visiting her homestead in rural Vermont where she and her husband confront the daily, moral and ethical dilemmas of a sustainable lifestyle. I have to pick a carrot, sorry, now that we're out, using through the winter, where it's like eating a lot of our. We're really pleased with our carrots this year. The reality is a little more complicated. Generations before you have shared that dream.Ĭome on. Have you ever wanted to quit your job, leave the rat race behind and head back to the land? Maybe buy an old farmhouse or build a solar-powered, tiny home and live self sufficiently on a few acres of your very own. I need to come in here and to help something.