I don’t care how free their range is, they could have been raised in a luxury resort and it’d still be shitty to kill animals for food. What gives us the right to any other sentient being’s life, especially now that technology has advanced enough to make meat effectively obsolete.
I have a position that is a bit more controversial.
I don’t think killing plants is totally insignificant. They are a very different life form so they are very difficult to understand from our point of view. However we do know that plants have sensations, that they can be able to communicate to each other, they can support each other and in some cases the older trees are supporting their youth by giving them more nutrients. So I would no day that killing plants are insignificant.
Does it means that it’s pointless to be vegan ? No of course, especially since most meat is fed with cereals grown in huge monoculture. It’s neither good for animals or for plants. Personally my position is more to try and consume food that has been produced in good conditions, vegetarian or not
Whatever your position on the treatment of plants is, being vegan means less plants are being killed, since livestock, you know, eat too. It takes a lot of food to feed livestock. So, not worried about plants? Go vegan. Worried about plants? Still go vegan.
I have known that “free-range” was a marketing gimmick that was created to help assuage the guilt of people living in an alienating society to differentiate food brands. It has nothing to do with any actual animal husbandry practices which are nearly identical amongst all the worlds abattoirs.
It’s good that people are aware of where their food comes from. It’s an emotional mile-stone that children must overcome to be well adjusted individuals.
