A few weeks ago we visited a biker church as part of our Food Faith and Spirituality class. This church is doing a lot with food to help their community - from having their own community garden, to helping teach others about gardening, to selling local grass-fed beef and using part of the proceeds to donate this good beef to local food pantries. Here is a website about their beef ministry. You can read a little about the benefits of "happy cows" as opposed factory cows in our last blog about milk.
We are trying to be more conscience about our meat consumption not only for our own health but because we do not believe that cow, chickens, etc. were created to be treated rottenly just because of our society's demand for more cheap meat. I have always had a hard time eating meat if I have to think about the fact that it came from an animal. But, knowing that the meat I eat has come from an animal that was treated well and given a good life, and, as I appreciate its sacrifice in order to give me food, I am truly thankful instead of being grossed out. (Thinking about sacrifice goes for plants as well, they too must die in order for us to eat.)
Anyway, below are pictures of this week's local and healthy meal. The burgers are made from the grass-fed beef we got from The Giving Table and the veggies we put on them are from the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market. SO YUMMY! Be jealous.
if you liked grass fed beef you should check out tinks grass fed beef its pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteI just looked at the website. That's awesome!
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