But you are setting up a false choice here. Factory farmed meat or home raised meat are not the only choices. There are plenty of small farmers who really care for their animals and who go far beyond any legal welfare standards. Most people live in cities and do not have the option of raising their own animals. Should all urban dwellers be veggie because of their location?
I do think children should be made aware of where meat comes from.
My de facto stepdad was a farmer, he a had a herd of cows and owned a share of a poultry flock(is it flock?). One of my clearest memories of my childhood, is going to the farm and helping to birth a Calf, then once that was finished, going and hanging Chickens up on the thing that electrocutes them then cuts their throat,,, the circle of life. In the run up to Xmas every year, our cellar would have dozens of Turkeys hanging up, and I would help plucking them and putting the Jiblets into a little plastic bag and stuffing the bag up the birds arse.
I don't eat (White) Veal as I disagree with the confining of the calves to small pens not even big enough to turn around in, but I will (and would encourage others) to eat Rose Veal, rather than see the male calves from a milk herd being killed at birth. I wouldn't eat Lobster that had been boiled alive, nor would I eat live crickets. I do not agree with things like milk fed (baby) lamb or suckling (again baby) pig because I think if you are going to take an animals life for food, then you should at least grow the animal to the biggest it will get, to get the most out of the animal that you will be killing.
I sure as fuck won't be giving up double bacon cheeseburgers though.
EDIT I have just realised my position on veal calves and suckling pig is inconsistent...I will have to ponder this one.
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