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Lights Out: Larry Althiser, a professional meat cutter with over 30 years of experience, owns and operates the Hartwick, NY-based meat processor Larry’s Custom Meats — a slaughterhouse with a sensitive side.

“A lot of people, ‘oh you kill for a living’,” Althiser tells Liza de Guia in The Good Slaughter. “Well, you know, yeah I do, but, you know, that animal needs to be treated right.”

The sad fact is that “skilled, artisanal type butchers” who take pride in their work and thrive on transparency are mostly nonexistent. According to Department of Agriculture figures, factory farms account for “more than 99 percent of all farmed animals raised and slaughtered in the United States.” The butchering of animals at Larry’s processing plant may not be very appetizing, but it’s done with the kind of humanity that is sorely missing from an industry that long ago forgot the need for heart.

(Caution: Video contains graphic footage of animals being slaughtered.)

[foodcurated / reddit.]

If anyone were to thinking about where and how their meat is getting processed—please support your local farmers and butchers! <3

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One of the reasons why I became a vegetarian in the first place was because of the inhumane conditions where the animals are ‘raised.’ Secondly, it was because of the way the animals were slaughtered in the slaughter houses. Watching this video makes me sick to my stomach but at the same time, I’m glad that there are still people out there like Larry. Knowing that the animals going into his slaughter house is treated with respect before and after they are killed for human consumption makes me feel a little bit better.

If you asked me a year ago if I would eat meat that was raised and killed humanely, I would probably say yes. But if you ask me now, probably not. My reasons for being a vegetarian has changed a bit over the year but the concept of it still remains the same.

It would mean the world to me if my fellow tumblr followers, friends, and who ever that might come across this in the future to take the time to watch this video. Educate yourself about the food that you put in your mouth. Do it for the animals but most importantly, do it for yourself. I’m not trying to convert you all into being a vegetarian but I just wish that people would be more aware. What you choose to do is your decision and I am in no means to judge.

So please, support your local farmers. Buy locally, because at least you know where your meat is coming from.

Thanks!
Much love, Jeanette

&& Mom, Dad. I don’t have a “mental problem” just because I choose not to eat meat. (Typical Asian parents)

Aw, Netty!! It’s okay. My mom kept telling me I was going to die and that I was turning green when I first started being vegan. (Typical Asian parents) hehehe <3

And I can say the same about my reasons for being vegan… they’ve altered quite a bit over the past year and I think that growth is so important. Live and learn!

Larry has such a big heart! Atta boy Larry. I still however, do not want to eat meat.

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    Larry has such a big heart! Atta boy Larry. I still however, do not want to eat meat.

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    Aw, Netty!! It’s okay. My mom kept telling me I was going to die and that I was turning green when I first started being...

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    little graphic so watch at your own discretion. However this dude is...bad ass. As...

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    really amazing. Very well said Larry, you

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    some people can’t stand the thought...slaughter, but working in

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    vegetarian, but what this guy believes...touching. He is the totally opposite

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    Lights Out: Larry Althiser, a professional meat cutter with over 30 years of experience, owns and operates

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    Choose your food, but think right.

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