harvesting food

I think its advantagous to know where your food comes from because when we go to the store and pick up the packaged meat from the store we have no idea how the animal was treated and how it was prepared and overall if it is quality meat we are about to consume, but if we actually go and hunt for our food we know for sure exactly what we are eating and can feel a little better knowing exactly how the meat was prepared. But unfortunately we do not all have the time, money, etc., to hunt for our food; also most people wont eat foods if they see the animal slaughtered. For me personally I think it would be hard to butcher my own food and it's really weird that I would rather just buy my food packaged then go out and hunt for my own food, but its too hard for me to butcher an animal and eat it, if I actually see the whole animal then I start to think more about the fact that im eating an animal with feelings etc.
I think for people that do hunt it is perfectly fine. I just think that if they do hunt animals it should be used for food and not just for fun and excitment because hunting has turned into a popular sport now.
In the really big lunch article I thought it was cool that they were cooking meals from the past and that they were eating what historical figures liked to prepare for themselves. By doing this they are able to see what people in the past ate and it could possibly bring back some good recipes for the future. But was eating the 30 something courses all at once really necessary? you could still enjoy all those meals on seperate occasions. Over eating like that is gluttony and its really not healthy to do even if you do plan on taking a walk afterwards to settle your food.

Book Recommendations:

Tait, Heather Harvesting and Country Food Fact Sheet Ottawa: Statistic Canada, 2007

Lattanzi, Mark. HarvestingSupport For Locally Grown Food; Lessons learned From The Be A Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown Campaign. Millheim, PA: Food Routes Network; Amherst, MA: CISA. 2002