Is Fresh Seafood in Wisconsin an Ethical Food Choice?
As a producer, purveyor, and consumer of food I take seriously the effect of my food choices on the environment, the community, the economy, and the welfare of animals and workers. Many of my family’s food values are shared with the VFC mission statement and that is one of the reasons I feel good about working here at the Co-op. As members of the VFC I assume that you, too, share some of these values.We all want our children to inherit a livable planet and a livable society.The choices we make about the food we eat are crucial to the construction of a just and humane society and the maintenance of the planet that sustains us. Some of the choices that we make are easy.We don’t buy produce that is slathered in pesticides because we know that it is bad for the farmers and laborers who grow and process it, it is bad for the people who consume it and it is ultimately bad for the earth it was taken from.We don’t buy cage-raised meat because it is disrespectful to the animal that gives its li
