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[Note:  the theory about animals that I put forth during the horse section isn't mine.  It's from an academic essay I read years ago.  I tried to figure out who wrote it, but if one of you fine viewers knows, please drop a line in the comments so that he or she may get credit.]

All this week, my wife and I have refrained from eating any factory farm meat, though in reality, we rarely eat this meat anyway.  The one meal with meat that we ate was a sausage pasta from this fine Jamie Oliver cookbook.  The sausage was from Rocky Canyon Farms.  We purchased it from the farmer at the Hollywood Farmers Market.  Vroman’s Bookstore would like to ask everyone to take this week and next and think about where there food — meat or not — comes from, and to consider the ethical, environmental and healthy implications of that.

This is the last video in our series on eating (and not eating) animals.  This was a series we ran to get ready for our event with Jonathan Safran Foer this Sunday, when he reads from and signs his new book Eating Animals.  We hope you’ll join us for what will be a very interesting and lively discussion.  Bonus!  Jacket Copy interviews Jonathan Safran Foer.  Also, check out his website, which has lots of useful information to help you avoid factory meat, should you decide to do so.

All this week, we at the Vroman’s Blog are going to be examining our feelings and thoughts about eating animals.  Each day we’ll post a little something from a staff member or a customer looking at how we feel about eating (or not eating) meat.  The aim of this series of posts isn’t to preach or convert, but rather to explain our own positions and to open a dialog and learn from each other.  If you have an opinion or a great story you’d like to tell, leave a comment.  If you’re local and would like to talk on camera, stop by the store anytime before 5:30 p.m., ask for Patrick and I’ll put on the blog (You’ll be a star!).

Today’s video is about my weekly trip to the Farmers Market, something I have mixed feelings about.  We hope you enjoy the video, and remember, more to come all week long.

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