Meredith Leigh on ethical meat & food advocacy
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Meredith Leigh is a mother. A farmer. A butcher. A chef. She\\u2019s worked as a teacher and a non-profit director. She\\u2019s also the author of \\u201cThe Ethical Meat Handbook,\\u201d and \\u201cPure Charcuterie: The Craft and Poetry of Curing Meats at Home.\\u201d Her mission? Discover and share pragmatic solutions related to sustainable, ethical, real food.
On this week\\u2019s podcast, we talk face-to-face with Leigh about some of the tough questions facing our food system including elitism in the food movement, food justice, women in butchery and the role of empathy in farming and raising livestock. We also discuss multiple topics tackled in her books, including the rationale behind -- and the skill needed -- to make delicious charcuterie at home. Along the way, Leigh shares stories about her food journey, from humble beginnings in urban America to years spent living a vegetarian lifestyle and her subsequent decision to take on farming, butchery and food advocacy.\\xa0