all of the meat we cook at home comes from either of two neighbouring farms. i have seen how the animals are treated, and know that they are pastured and allowed to live a non feedlot life up until the short truck ride to the abbatoir. the animals i eat have a far better life than most. i think that foie gras is unpleasant. so is veal. confinement and overfeeding to make animals more yummy is unneccessary and cruel....but lots of peoople don't feel this way. ultimately everyone has their own theshold. some are level 4 pocket mulching vegans, some are foie gras eating carnivores. life is sustained by the death of other creatures, if i'm going to eat a creature, i want to know that it's had a decent life and will be good food.