In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Very valid points. Sustainable techniques, specifically permaculture, work to minimize all of these things. Permaculture is basically creating a stewarded environment which is as close to a natural environment as possible (in many cases, achieving this balance). However, many if not all successful permaculture systems created for production and distribution include animals and livestock in some manner.

I'm learning about permaculture and attempting it in my tiny yard. I'm planning an earthworm colony and honeybees. If I had room, I wouldn't mind having goats for milk and chickens for eggs. We almost never use eggs - really just for baking, and now that we are going more towards high raw vegan, that is getting less and less - but I would feed the goat's milk and eggs to my dogs and cats.