In regards to eating meat

[Shemaya]

It usually comes from cattle as a slaughterhouse by-product

Good point Monkey, even certified organic produce may be grown using slaughterhouse by-products. It really is a tangled web that we live in. Is there a way to assure that organic produce bought in a store is not grown this way? Don't know if this was already discussed, still haven't found the answer to my pet food question, but I did read all about yossarian's banana/papaya/spinach diet.

Austin, do farmers use these types of products frequently, or just sometimes, or rarely?

If you know your local farmer, he can assure you, but even then its possible he has fertilizer products that aren't labeled and he may be unaware of their origins.

So does that mean organic produce (grown with blood meal fertilizer products) has the energy of the horror and death of the slaughterhouse ? So should we eat non-organic, sacrificing our own bodies health with toxic chemicals, but avoiding contributing to the profits made from the death and horror of the slaughterhouse?

I have found in my own life that there is so much resistance to thinking about issues like this around me, and very difficult to carry the weight of this on one person's shoulders living in a community of unawakened other-selves. Especially when there is a host of other issues and "battles" to address everyday, just to live and maintain health and wellness for a family. Just to earn a living to pay the bills!