I'll be totally honest here. I really don't pay much attention to things like how animals are treated on farms and stuff. I realized long ago I had to pick which battles I wanted to take on and that one lost out to other things I find more important but which in the long run I think will affect that in a positive way.
I've never seen geese or ducks being feed in order to make foie gras. I don't know whether it would stop me from at least trying it or not. Having read the page you posted above about it and some of the linking pages I'm sure it would depend how how it's handled. From what I gather it can be very cruel and traumatic or it can be gentle and non traumatic. I think if I were going to buy it I'd try to find it at a place like Whole Foods where they do pay attention to how the animals are treated.
The reason I asked about lamb is that most people who have a problem with veal can't deal with the idea of eating baby cow. It's amazing how few of them mind eating baby sheep though. Having grown up in a farming area where a lot of cattle are raised for milk and beef both my experience is that most cattle and calves are free range. They do tend to go into stalls at feeding time but that is about the only time. Can't speak for other areas though.
I grew up with raising a few cattle and the quality is just so much higher that I'm willing to pay for it. And as you said the cattle are respected because of it. In fact one of them will not ever go into the freezer because of that. My wife has a thing for cows so one of them will be her pet cow.
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I've never seen geese or ducks being feed in order to make foie gras. I don't know whether it would stop me from at least trying it or not. Having read the page you posted above about it and some of the linking pages I'm sure it would depend how how it's handled. From what I gather it can be very cruel and traumatic or it can be gentle and non traumatic. I think if I were going to buy it I'd try to find it at a place like Whole Foods where they do pay attention to how the animals are treated.
The reason I asked about lamb is that most people who have a problem with veal can't deal with the idea of eating baby cow. It's amazing how few of them mind eating baby sheep though. Having grown up in a farming area where a lot of cattle are raised for milk and beef both my experience is that most cattle and calves are free range. They do tend to go into stalls at feeding time but that is about the only time. Can't speak for other areas though.
I grew up with raising a few cattle and the quality is just so much higher that I'm willing to pay for it. And as you said the cattle are respected because of it. In fact one of them will not ever go into the freezer because of that. My wife has a thing for cows so one of them will be her pet cow.