I was alerted to this article, The Meat We Eat, from this post on our sister blog, Parentdish, and like Kristin, I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. Does the idea of animals spending their entire lives inside a shed, never seeing the light and of day and being injected with antibiotics to prevent the spread of disease appeal to you? Because that's where those cheap supermarket cuts of meat probably come from. Although it's hard to know just where your meat comes from -- unlike past generations, when meat was bought from a butcher who knew the rancher by name.

The point is, it's worth it to buy organic, free-range meats -- that is, if knowing that the animal your eating lived off the earth like it was supposed to is important to you. Otherwise, you don't know what you're getting, and you can bet it didn't come from a naturally healthy animal. And after all, we are what we eat, right?

I don't usually buy organic meats. In fact, I don't usually buy meats at all, but if I do, the budget usually wins out and I go for the non-organic stuff to save money. What about you? Do you eat organic meats?