25. Why I Am a Proud Meat Eater: Confessions of a Former Vegetarian with Sam Sycamore

In this episode of the Good Life Revival Podcast (#25), I explore the complicated and often frustrating question of whether humans should eat meat. Is it good for our health? Is it bad for the environment? Are some forms of agriculture more sustainable than others, and to what degree?This leads to deeper discussion about our connection with the natural cycle of life and death, engaging in reciprocal relationships with wild and domesticated animals, and what it means to revere the animals -- and plants! -- that we must kill, so that we may go on living.In this episode, we'll cover:My personal history as a stubborn childhood vegetarian-turned-chicken slaughtererWhy meat is not "murder", but more like compassion and reverenceWhy questions of the "ideal human diet" don't make much senseWhy we shouldn't give up on raising livestock just because of the horrors of factory farmingHow we can take ownership of our role as apex predators on the landscapeHow consuming animals can bring us closer to the universal life force that animates us all Related Links & Further Resources:How to Participate In Your Ecosystem: Restoration Through Use - The Good Life Revival Podcast #22The Great Forgetting: Totalitarian Agriculture & The Lies We've Inherited About Our Ancestors - The Good Life Revival Podcast #20Nature Deficit Disorder and Ecological Literacy - The Good Life Revival Podcast #65 Things I Learned Processing Chickens for Meat - The Good Life Revival blogEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan