I am much the same as Cathy and Tobi. Tamara and I eat a basically vegan diet, but we do have some unfertilised eggs which our neighbour gives us fairly regularly. The chickens are certainly free range; they often wander on to our property and back again! Chickens which are not with a cockerel can and do lay eggs regularly and our neighbours often have too many for their own needs.
Reduckto, how to bring up any children you might have in the future is entirely, of course, your choice. You say that you will bring them up as meat eaters, even though the idea of eating meat makes you sick. That is your choice; but the suffering of the animals will be the same, whether it is you personally or your children who eat the meat. You should do as your conscience tells you. Listen to your "inner voice"; that will guide you.
If, by chance, the reason why you are determined that your children should become meat eaters is based on nutritional grounds, then these days there are plenty of options available. Vitamin B12 can be be processed without animals; there is no need for meat. Similarly for co-enzyme Q10 and vitamin D3. Indeed, there is an excellent multivitamin and mineral tablet, all in one (one a day), from vegvit.com
The tablets I mention above are from natural ingredients, not artificial. For milk, the Alpro range offers a delicious range of nut/vegetable milks - coconut, hazelnut, rice, etc. - all with added D3 and B12.
Of course, it is premature of me to discuss all these, as you haven't got any children yet, LOL! I just wanted you to know that alternatives are available.
Every best wish to you! How is life on the houseboat? Any more pictures of your idyllic existence there?
Reduckto, how to bring up any children you might have in the future is entirely, of course, your choice. You say that you will bring them up as meat eaters, even though the idea of eating meat makes you sick. That is your choice; but the suffering of the animals will be the same, whether it is you personally or your children who eat the meat. You should do as your conscience tells you. Listen to your "inner voice"; that will guide you.
If, by chance, the reason why you are determined that your children should become meat eaters is based on nutritional grounds, then these days there are plenty of options available. Vitamin B12 can be be processed without animals; there is no need for meat. Similarly for co-enzyme Q10 and vitamin D3. Indeed, there is an excellent multivitamin and mineral tablet, all in one (one a day), from vegvit.com
The tablets I mention above are from natural ingredients, not artificial. For milk, the Alpro range offers a delicious range of nut/vegetable milks - coconut, hazelnut, rice, etc. - all with added D3 and B12.
Of course, it is premature of me to discuss all these, as you haven't got any children yet, LOL! I just wanted you to know that alternatives are available.
Every best wish to you! How is life on the houseboat? Any more pictures of your idyllic existence there?
