Our little piggies have finally arrived! This is a totally new experience for us, from the care and handling required to the moral dilemma involved when raising your own meat.
I have totally written off factory farms- I am simply no longer able to eat animals that are raised in such horrid conditions. And for now, at least, vegetarianism is not something I am ready to go back to. So that leaves one humane and humbling option- to care for and raise our own animals. Humane because we will give these pigs more love than most pigs could ever dream of (aren't they adorable???). Humbling because I have to come to terms with my own mortality, even my own selfishness, before I can take another being's life. But it is a road I am ready to travel, and I'm sure it will bring many intriguing blog posts in the future.
One more thing... we were expecting boys, but received girls.... so Howard T. Lunch and Huey T. Dinner simply won't work. We are currently working on new names, and will let you know when we decide!
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