“Beekman Boys” Don’t Want To Be “Those Kinds Of Vegetarians”
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 23rd, 2010 in Farming, Film & TV, Food & Drink.
Beekman Boys
The Beekman Boys on Planet Green TV stars two gay farmers, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, who sell organic goat soap and milk.
The Beekman Boys will tell you upfront they aren’t vegetarian, but feel better about raising their own food for consumption because they know how the animal was treated. Kilmer-Purcell and Ridge don’t follow this philosophy outside of home, however, as they told After Ellen:
“We have to coin a word for this, but we don’t eat meat that we haven’t raised ourselves or we don’t know that providence of, unless we’re invited to somebody’s house because we don’t want to be that kind of vegetarian.”
Hmm…So it’s okay to forget your principles and not question the source of your food or how animals were raised if you’re eating anywhere but home? Instead of being chicken and avoiding offending people, a meal away from home could serve as the perfect opportunity to teach others to learn where their food comes from, and hopefully encourage them to buy it from what is considered a more humane farm. Not everyone is a blog browsing greenie, and it would be a shame if the only opportunity to learn about the effects of factory farmed meat on humans, animals and the environment was missed because their eco-guest was afraid to speak up.
Similarly, if you’re a vegetarian who doesn’t speak up at restaurants or other eating settings and ask about ingredients or the eco-friendliness of the products (organic, grown two counties away or across the country), those establishments will never feel the pressure to aim for a more quality product.
“That kind of a vegetarian” is what all ethical eaters–vegetarians, vegans, flexitarians and part-timers–should be aiming for.
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June 24th, 2010 at 7:40 am
I have to resist the urge to use words like, “tool” to describe people who would rather disappear into the background than voice who they are as individuals. How would he react if someone suggested that they not acknowledge their relationship in public to avoid being “those kind of gays?”