... at least once.
Even though I have never gone hunting, or caught an animal, I think that animal slaugher should be required as part of the Middle School curriculum.
Think about how removed we are from associating the meat we eat to a natural living breathing thing...
(This also goes on to the point that we should all be forced to grow our own produce as well. Many urban/sub-urban young children don't even relate that a 'carrot comes from dirt in the earth..., but back to that later)
(and to avoid any ridicule, no, I'm not a vegetarian/vegan granola nut)...
However, I wonder if we all experienced the slaughter/gutting/cleansing part of the meat preparation process at a young age, if it would affect not only our consumption habits, but levels of consciousness as well.
If we don't do this, at least send the school kids to a field trip to the slaughter house.
Even though I have never gone hunting, or caught an animal, I think that animal slaugher should be required as part of the Middle School curriculum.
Think about how removed we are from associating the meat we eat to a natural living breathing thing...
(This also goes on to the point that we should all be forced to grow our own produce as well. Many urban/sub-urban young children don't even relate that a 'carrot comes from dirt in the earth..., but back to that later)
(and to avoid any ridicule, no, I'm not a vegetarian/vegan granola nut)...
However, I wonder if we all experienced the slaughter/gutting/cleansing part of the meat preparation process at a young age, if it would affect not only our consumption habits, but levels of consciousness as well.
If we don't do this, at least send the school kids to a field trip to the slaughter house.