Love meat too much for Veganuary? Try Regenuary instead

[Jilly_in_VA]

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With Veganuary expected to reach more than 2 million sign-ups globally since its launch in 2014, the 31-day plant-based pledge is once again making headlines this January as food manufacturers, supermarkets and restaurants cater to the movement. But for people wanting to eat more sustainably, yet not willing to cut out meat completely, there is another consumer challenge to try: Regenuary.

The idea for people to source as much food as possible from producers who use regenerative farming methods was hatched three years ago by Glen Burrows, co-founder of the Ethical Butcher, who was a vegetarian for 25 years because he didn’t like the way meat was produced. “Back in 1989, being a vegetarian was basically like being a Martian,” he says. “I became that awkward guy at dinner parties and slightly enjoyed that moral smugness, but then after a long period of time, I wasn’t that well. It wasn’t suiting me.”

So he started eating meat again. “It was like a life-force had been switched back on … I was going for my second black belt in martial arts.” He particularly likes offal. “For me, it’s almost like doing drugs.”

Burrows’ aim with Regenuary is to get people thinking more about how their food is produced. “The whole point of the movement is to think more about the impact of their food choices, and stop the oversimplified narrative that all plant-based foods are better than animal-based,” he says.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/15/regenuary-regenerative-farming-veganuary-meat-aoe
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Please read the whole article before responding. Note: I don't "Veganuary"; I'm Orthodox and do Great Lent, which is longer and harder.

[multigraincracker]

1. I avoid factory farm meat, like what you get at the store.

I buy grass fed lamb and goat from my local butcher. I try to be a "hunter gatherer". Don't do much hunting any more, but fish a lot. I do my gathering on the road in front of my house, fresh road kill deer. I get it for free and if you try to buy it, it would cost over $20/lb.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. We get our beef and pork

mostly via subscription (Butcher Box). They sell grass-fed, grass-finished beef (if you've never had a steak like that, OMG!) and heritage breed pastured pork. Chicken and lamb from local farmers via either the co-op or the farm stand down the road. It's a little more expensive but we don't eat that much meat since being Orthodox means fasting Wednesdays and Fridays and assorted saints' days and whatnot, not to mention six weeks of Great Lent and shorter fasts. I'm getting better at vegetarian cooking!