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The World Shepherd Project and Why it Matters to the World

The World Shepherd Project and Why it Matters to the World

How an accord between humans and sheep could be more powerful than a Paris Accord, and what one man is doing to prove it.

Food, Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighJune 6, 2017#sheep, #positivity, #positivechange, #grassfed, #worldshepherd, #ethicalmeat, #adaptedgenetics Comments

Vegan Bullying and the New World

Vegan Bullying and the New World

I have been avoiding militant vegan rhetoric for a decade or more. As of today, that has changed.

Butchery, Food, Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighNovember 14, 2016#ethicalmeathandbook, #ethicalmeat, #cyclesoflife, #stopveganbullying, #wildabundance, #sustainability, #diversity, #agriculture, #diet, #positivechange, #unity, #positivity, #change

Why I Use the Words "Ethical" and "Meat" Together... and What that Means

Why I Use the Words "Ethical" and "Meat" Together... and What that Means

So, what is Ethical Meat? Is it just two words slapped together to make people uncomfortable? Do I expect people to analyze the controversy of these two words together, using the same thinking we’ve used for far too long? I’d like to think I’m a bit deeper than that. That we all are. So, here goes.

Meat, Food For Thought, Food, ButcheryMeredith LeighApril 21, 2016#meat, #ethicalmeat, #ethicalmeathandbook, #butchery, #butcherbook, #omivore, #diet

Do Something Unrealistic

Do Something Unrealistic

There is no such thing as small change. #beuseful

Meat, Food, Butchery, Food For ThoughtMeredith LeighNovember 23, 2015#meat, #slowmeat, #change, #charcuterie, #butchery, #butcherbook, #wholeanimal, #food, #foodforthoughtComment

This Applies to All Things Natural

This Applies to All Things Natural

WHO? No! YOU! You're better than fear, more complex and mysterious than a pyramid, more resilient and beautiful than you can imagine.

Parenting, Food, MeatMeredith LeighOctober 28, 2015#food, #foodforthought, #meat, #curedmeat, #headlines, #WHOComment

This is Why We Love Recipes

This is Why We Love Recipes

On the smell of paper and pie, foolish ambivalence, and eating vegetables with chocolate.

Food For Thought, FoodMeredith LeighAugust 18, 2015#recipes, #food, #foodforthought, #cooking, #soulComment

Feed What You Can

Feed What You Can

On sourdough, going home, and looking right at what you got.

Food For Thought, Food, ParentingMeredith LeighJuly 23, 2015#food, #foodforthought, #recipes, #soul, #CSA, #organic, #vegetables, #realfood, #family Comment

Sameness is Lameness

Sameness is Lameness

An ode to crooked carrots and corn smut. Plus, recipes for summer eating.

FoodMeredith LeighJuly 15, 2015#food, #recipes, #CSA, #cooking, #realfood, #foodforthought, #organicComment

To Not Make Better of it, but to Forever and Ever Try

To Not Make Better of it, but to Forever and Ever Try

On forgiveness, all kinds of evolution, and sneaking squash into a cake.

Food For Thought, FoodMeredith LeighJuly 8, 2015#recipes, #food, #seasonal, #organic, #vegetables, #CSA, #cooking, #foodforthought, #soul Comment