How did you become interested in bringing local, humanely raised kosher meat to Bay Area residents?
My interest in local, humanely raised kosher meat has evolved over several years, as my “food consciousness”, along with that of many other people, has gradually been raised. Jewish law requires that meat be kosher. But most meat available in this country, kosher and otherwise, involves serious ethical and nutritional compromises. With few exceptions, someone who keeps kosher and eats meat has to settle for meat from animals that are injected with hormones, given large amount of antibiotics, not fed their natural food, and raised, for much or all of their lives, in squalor and confinement. This is a terrible compromise to have to make in order to keep kosher. I want meat that is kosher and ethically produced. I want Jews not to have to compromise in order to eat kosher meat. You recently left your job at the University of California to pursue this work full-time. Was there an “a-ha” moment, when you realized this was the path you wanted to follow? I worked for the UC system for eight y
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