In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Trying to convince people to become vegetarian is not the best use of energy needed to make the changes, imo.

I don't go around trying to convince people to become vegetarians. That would be a colossal waste of time.

Have you read Michael Pollan's work?

No, but from what I read of what you linked to, it looks like a positive step in the right direction.

He writes about Polyface farm in VA...really great ideas come out of that farm.
Polyface Farm

From the link you posted:

Salatin is quoted in the book The Omnivore's Dilemma (p.331) as justifying the killing of non-human animals because "people have a soul, animals don't."

I see this mentality as part of the problem.