Comments on: Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 5 http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5 Personal Finance for Life in the Kingdom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OutOfYourRut’s First Ever Friday Personal Finance Round Up « OutOfYourRut.com http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6212 OutOfYourRut’s First Ever Friday Personal Finance Round Up « OutOfYourRut.com Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:41:50 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6212 [...] and costs of raising “Bambi” the calf in Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 6 and it’s predecessor Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 5. Title aside, there’s an even more compelling reason he and his wife have taken on this project, [...] [...] and costs of raising “Bambi” the calf in Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 6 and it’s predecessor Raising a Cow for Beef: Month 5. Title aside, there’s an even more compelling reason he and his wife have taken on this project, [...]

]]> By: Paul Williams http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6193 Paul Williams Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:34:42 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6193 Hahaha, exactly! Hahaha, exactly!

]]> By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6192 Kevin@OutOfYourRut Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:25:22 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6192 "Non-farm people just have a hard time understanding that because they view all animals as companions, friends – not to be eaten." Can we guess that TV has something to do with that? The animals even talk on TV, how could they not be human??? ;-) .-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..<a href="http://outofyourrut.com/blog/2010/02/21/good-retirement-planning-should-include-a-low-costdebt-free-lifestyle/">Good Retirement Planning Should Include a Low Cost/Debt Free Lifestyle</a> =-. “Non-farm people just have a hard time understanding that because they view all animals as companions, friends – not to be eaten.”

Can we guess that TV has something to do with that? The animals even talk on TV, how could they not be human??? ;-)
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..Good Retirement Planning Should Include a Low Cost/Debt Free Lifestyle =-.

]]> By: Paul Williams http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6190 Paul Williams Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:11:50 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6190 Steven & Debra and Kevin, We do view "Bambi" as "hamburger" (or preferably, steak!), and we have since we got him. And after the weeks of going out to feed him in the morning in this snow and wind, I won't be disappointed when he's gone!!! :) For most farm people, animals are viewed not as companions but cuisine. Animals are either for working, producing food, or becoming food. Sure you'll have some "pets", but you'll generally have no problem sending them away to the butcher or eating them. Non-farm people just have a hard time understanding that because they view all animals as companions, friends - not to be eaten. This has led to overpopulation of horses in the U.S. and the detriment of horses who are no longer wanted. (It's illegal to kill or butcher a horse as far as I know. This is unique to the U.S. Horse is a normal food in many European countries.) This project probably isn't so much about sustainability as it is about having a learning experience and identifying with the people in our community. Most people in my church are farmers, so it gives me something to talk with them about. Plus, my wife and I like to eat beef. Steven & Debra and Kevin,

We do view “Bambi” as “hamburger” (or preferably, steak!), and we have since we got him. And after the weeks of going out to feed him in the morning in this snow and wind, I won’t be disappointed when he’s gone!!! :)

For most farm people, animals are viewed not as companions but cuisine. Animals are either for working, producing food, or becoming food. Sure you’ll have some “pets”, but you’ll generally have no problem sending them away to the butcher or eating them.

Non-farm people just have a hard time understanding that because they view all animals as companions, friends – not to be eaten. This has led to overpopulation of horses in the U.S. and the detriment of horses who are no longer wanted. (It’s illegal to kill or butcher a horse as far as I know. This is unique to the U.S. Horse is a normal food in many European countries.)

This project probably isn’t so much about sustainability as it is about having a learning experience and identifying with the people in our community. Most people in my church are farmers, so it gives me something to talk with them about. Plus, my wife and I like to eat beef.

]]> By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6189 Kevin@OutOfYourRut Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:53:02 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6189 S&D, you raise a good point about sustainability. My question to Paul comes from my life as a died-in-the-wool suburbanite. Any animal you raise automatically becomes "bambi"! That would be a real disadvantage for me in a true survival situation. A friend of mine married an Illinois farm girl, and she said you have a different perspective when you grow up on a farm and know what the animals' purpose is. .-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..<a href="http://outofyourrut.com/blog/2010/02/21/good-retirement-planning-should-include-a-low-costdebt-free-lifestyle/">Good Retirement Planning Should Include a Low Cost/Debt Free Lifestyle</a> =-. S&D, you raise a good point about sustainability. My question to Paul comes from my life as a died-in-the-wool suburbanite. Any animal you raise automatically becomes “bambi”! That would be a real disadvantage for me in a true survival situation.

A friend of mine married an Illinois farm girl, and she said you have a different perspective when you grow up on a farm and know what the animals’ purpose is.
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..Good Retirement Planning Should Include a Low Cost/Debt Free Lifestyle =-.

]]> By: Steven and Debra http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6186 Steven and Debra Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:57 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6186 Something that might help is to call him "hamburger" from the very beginning rather than "Bambi." It might help keep things in perspective and prevent becoming too overly attached. Knowing where your food comes from and sustainability is becoming increasingly important these days and may even be more important than consideration of cost. We admire what you are undertaking. .-= Steven and Debra´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheEndTimesHoax/~3/Knw-NObLbmI/are-you-hoarder-are-you-sure-part-iv-of_09.html">Are YOU a Hoarder? Are You Sure? (Part IV of a Four Part Series)</a> =-. Something that might help is to call him “hamburger” from the very beginning rather than “Bambi.” It might help keep things in perspective and prevent becoming too overly attached.

Knowing where your food comes from and sustainability is becoming increasingly important these days and may even be more important than consideration of cost. We admire what you are undertaking.
.-= Steven and Debra´s last blog ..Are YOU a Hoarder? Are You Sure? (Part IV of a Four Part Series) =-.

]]> By: Paul Williams http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6023 Paul Williams Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:01:08 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6023 Hi, Kevin. We've been asked that question several times since we got him, and I haven't noticed any attachment developing yet. We don't spend much time with him, and I guess I just don't get that attached. Plus, it's not like he lays in our lap while we watch TV or anything. :) I'm confident I won't have any problems. Hi, Kevin. We’ve been asked that question several times since we got him, and I haven’t noticed any attachment developing yet. We don’t spend much time with him, and I guess I just don’t get that attached. Plus, it’s not like he lays in our lap while we watch TV or anything. :) I’m confident I won’t have any problems.

]]> By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut http://www.providentplan.com/1319/raising-a-cow-for-beef-month-5/#comment-6022 Kevin@OutOfYourRut Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:42:49 +0000 http://www.providentplan.com/?p=1319#comment-6022 Paul, this has nothing to do with the economics of raising the cow for beef, but are you and your wife at all worried that you'll grow attached to him and be unable to do the deed when the time comes? It seems it would be one thing to raise cattle (plural) for meat, and another to raise just one. After a time, he'd become like a pet who you nurtured from birth. Any conflicts with that??? .-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..<a href="http://outofyourrut.com/blog/2010/01/31/social-media-how-do-you-find-friends-and-followers/">Social Media – How Do You Find Friends and Followers?</a> =-. Paul, this has nothing to do with the economics of raising the cow for beef, but are you and your wife at all worried that you’ll grow attached to him and be unable to do the deed when the time comes?

It seems it would be one thing to raise cattle (plural) for meat, and another to raise just one. After a time, he’d become like a pet who you nurtured from birth. Any conflicts with that???
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..Social Media – How Do You Find Friends and Followers? =-.

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