LadyVet2012 wrote:
Cobsize wrote:
I've got a friend who moved her family to the USA from the UK a year ago and they have gone almost completely veggie as she can't source any ethical meat where she lives, in the UK we have strict animal welfare and drug/hormone laws regarding meat and milk animals plus you can get slightly more expensive free range/organic options and sustainably sourced fish in every supermarket.


Just FYI- we have strict drug/hormone laws here in the US as well. People act like we are serving terrible meat products filled with chemicals. This is just not true. As far as vegan/veg goes, I have no opinion.


I don't know about animal welfare one way or the other, seems to me in the US and the UK they have a shit life then they die, however I do know that we don't have US style 'superfarms' as yet. That may well be a thing of the future however much animal welfare groups fight against it. The big supermarkets have pushed down the price of milk etc to such an extent that it is practically impossible for the average dairy farmer to make a living. Or so I hear.