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One volunteer gets squeamish standing around in a room full of dead animals, watching gamekeepers pluck the feathers from a kill made earlier in the day. She only becomes more appalled when one of the keepers mentions that he enjoys that part of the process.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.One volunteer gets squeamish standing around in a room full of dead animals, watching... more
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Many diet plans, food justice articles, animal justice studies note that there are endless issues that consumers are faced with when deciding what to eat. What types of meat to nclude is one of the biggest questions -- from picking red meat or white, right down to monitoring how livestock is raised.
According to Sustainable Table, factory farm systems are heavily reliant on cheap grain. It’s been estimated that these farms get 7-10% on their operating cost.
“This allows our meat and dairy prices to be low but it also results in lower nutritional content.”
One alleged benefit in raising animals on pasture is that these products are healthier for consumers. For instance, compared with feedlot meat, meat from grass-fed beef, bison, lamb and goats, have less total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and calories.
"When the animals aren’t being treated like factory assembly line that creates a better quality of beef," said Dr. Patti Whisnant.
However, consuming more carefuly grown also means accepting higher-priced product. Have you encountered other studies that support eating grass-fed meats over corn-fed meats? Do you believe that eating meat, eggs and dairy products from animals raised on pasture is worth the expense to consumers?
See six volunteers judge the importance of freshly slaughtered meat tonight! A new episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" premieres at 10/9c.Many diet plans, food justice articles, animal justice studies note that there are... more
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Last week, the British media dissected everything about the lunch Prince William’s fiancé, Kate Middleton, had with her future stepmother-in-law Camilla. The story then got a rise out of some animal rights activists when the Daily Mail reported that Kate had ordered foie gras as a starter.
It’s hardly the first time foie gras has caused alarm. The dish has been hotly debated for years, called a range of things from politically incorrect to downright cruel. Often considered a gourmet dish, foie gras ducks are specially fattened in a way that activists have deemed animal torture. Many object to the way tubes are inserted into the ducks' throats to feed them and fatten them, but others have noted that despite the implication, ducks don’t actually have gag reflexes anyway.
In 2006, the city of Chicago banned foie gras, deciding that the preparation of the ducks was animal cruelty. In 2004, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that would have the entire state of California ban the dish by 2012.
What do you think? Have you ever eaten foie gras? Do you think the fact that it’s considered a delicacy outweighs the cruelty gray area? Is foie gras inhumane?
See six volunteers give duck hunting their best shot. A new episode of “Kill It, Cook It, Eat It” premieres at 10/9c. Last week, the British media dissected everything about the lunch Prince... more
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One of the six volunteers hits two ducks out in the field, but the hunters fear one isn't yet dead. If so, the duck is in for a long, slow death throughout the night. As their search dogs continue to turn up nothing in the darkness, the hunters wrestle with the decision whether to leave or keep looking.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.One of the six volunteers hits two ducks out in the field, but the hunters fear one... more
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This past summer, The American Journal of Cardiology published a study by Dr. Darrel Francis indicating that fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge to customers in order to neutralize heart risks from fatty food.
Statin drugs reduce the amount of “LDL” cholesterol in the blood. Dr. Francis believes that if these drugs are available to the public, fast food will no longer be a big health issue.
Is Dr. Francis correct? Should the public be allowed to receive free prescription drugs at their local fast food joint to curb the health effects of their meals?
Watch six volunteers learn to kill and cook quality meat! A new episode of “Kill It, Cook It, Eat It” premieres tonight at 10/9c.This past summer, The American Journal of Cardiology published a study by Dr. Darrel... more
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Arthur, an expert hunter, takes one of the volunteers out into the field in order to track a group of deer. Stalking the Stag is a delicate process. If the hunters get ahead of themselves, they risk startling the animals and losing a clean shot.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at www.current.com.Arthur, an expert hunter, takes one of the volunteers out into the field in order to... more
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Pigs for slaughter are sent to a small farm in Ottery St. Mary. There, the farm owner explains that the property has been in his family for three generations and why he decided to expand into butchering meat 30 years ago.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.Pigs for slaughter are sent to a small farm in Ottery St. Mary. There, the farm owner... more
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When most people think of a Happy Meal, they typically think of cheeseburgers or chicken nuggets, unconcerned with animal quality of life or meat processing. Although several companies like McDonald’s no longer serve nuggets made up of mechanically separated meats, hot dogs, bologna, jerky, and plenty of other fast food or pre-packaged meat products still start with an abundance of meat that looks like this:
According to Fooducate:
Someone figured out in the 1960’s that meat processors can eke out a few more percent of profit from chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows by scraping the bones 100% clean of meat. This is done by machines, not humans, by passing bones leftover after the initial cutting through a high pressure sieve.
The meat is then treated with chemicals to kill bacteria spread throughout the contents when it’s processed. From there, it’s altered with food coloring and artificial flavors to more resemble the meat in its original form.
Do you know how your favorite fast food restaurants or store-bought process their nuggets? What are some of the healthier brands you’ve encountered? Is it possible to enjoy chicken nuggets without eating a bunch of leftover junk?
See six volunteers squirm when faced with all the ways to use even the leftover parts of an animal! Catch the re-airing of “Kill It, Cook It, Eat It” today at 4/3c.When most people think of a Happy Meal, they typically think of cheeseburgers or... more
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Flaying and beheading the cows and lambs helped some of the volunteers maintain a sense of separation from the slaughter, but pigs are handled differently. Since they aren't skinned and cut up early on, even the volunteers with the strongest stomachs have trouble watching the process for slaughtering and processing pork. Who will step up to help finish the job and serve the meal?
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.Flaying and beheading the cows and lambs helped some of the volunteers maintain a... more
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After watching up close as cows, lambs and pigs become the day's evening meal, six volunteers are shocked to learn that they'll be the ones slaughtering chickens before turning them into nuggets. Those up to the task will stun a chicken and then slit its throat, watching as it bleeds to death.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.After watching up close as cows, lambs and pigs become the day's evening meal,... more
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A motley group of volunteers takes part in the process of turning pigs into sausages, from field to fork. Farmers illustrate the differences between how pigs are raised in massive, industrial pork processing centers versus local farms, including the need for castration. Some small farms let pigs mature and live full lives, but testosterone in pubescent pigs taints the taste of the meat. To prevent this, the pigs must be castrated after birth, and the process is gruesome.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.A motley group of volunteers takes part in the process of turning pigs into sausages,... more
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As the team flay the lambs they've chosen, one volunteer -- James -- questions the slaughterhouse's practices, calling the killing of animals inhumane and unnecessary.
Ever wonder where your food comes from? In each episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It," a diverse group of participants is challenged to procure their main course the old-fashioned way: by hunting and killing their chosen prey, butchering it in the slaughterhouse, helping to prepare it in the kitchen, and ultimately sampling it at the dinner table. Some may enjoy the process while others recoil, but for each diner it's an intense journey that just may change their perspectives -- and appetites -- forever.
Watch the premiere of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesday, January 11 at 10/9c on Current TV.As the team flay the lambs they've chosen, one volunteer -- James -- questions... more
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In "Lamb Kebabs," vegan volunteer James tells the workers at the slaughterhouse that nothing about killing the animals seems humane. Government departments like the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency in the UK help establish and enforce laws and regulations for slaughterhouse practices to ensure more humane animal slaughter, but does such a thing really exist?
Do you agree with James that no amount of scientific research can make slaughter truly humane? Do the slaughterhouse workers have a point in saying that precise, regulated slaughter is gentler than natural death if the animal has experienced a good quality of life?
Watch six volunteers wrestle with the ethics tonight! A new episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" premieres at 10/9c.In "Lamb Kebabs," vegan volunteer James tells the workers at the... more
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After an eighteenth-month battle, Beastie Boy Adam Yaunch is now Cancer-free. What helped him beat it? Yaunch has claimed that he survived by adopting a vegan diet and using eastern remedies.
Doctors like John La Puma (founder of ChefMD) believe that being particular about the foods we eat drastically affects illness recovery and prevention. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry is anticipating a growth in revenue for 2011.
Does Adam Yaunch's case seem to prove the theory, or is it an exception to the rule? How directly do you think what people eat affects their health?
See six volunteers judge the importance of freshly slaughtered meat tonight! A new episode of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" premieres at 10/9c.After an eighteenth-month battle, Beastie Boy Adam Yaunch is now Cancer-free. What... more
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"...if slaughterhouses had glass walls, then everyone would be vegetarian," says Paul McCartney in an informational video titled 'Glass Walls,' sponsored by PETA:
Did you catch Kill It, Cook It, Eat It on Current last night?
This graphic, food-focused show places a variety of eaters right in the middle of a scene like McCartney describes. Volunteers get to see animals reared, slaughtered, and cooked for their everyday meals. From fast-food lovers to rigid vegans, these volunteers are challenged to test their stomachs and beliefs by witnessing and participating in the whole process -- kill to kitchen -- first-hand. Some are able to stomach the sight while others shy away, but who does or doesn't change their mind about how they is where the real surprises. Though adamant about meat concsumption, one McDonald's devotee is horrified by the slaughter. An ambivalent omnivore has trouble watching the animals skinned but ultimately still has meats for breakfast the next day.
Put yourself in their shoes: If tasked with regularly raising and slaughtering animals for the dinner table in addition to cooking meat, do you think the meal would be worth it? Would you be more affected by emotion or the labor? Could you slaughter the animals you eat?
Watch new episodes of "Kill It, Cook It, Eat It" on Tuesdays at 10/9c."...if slaughterhouses had glass walls, then everyone would be vegetarian,"... more
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Premieres: Tuesday, March 22 at 10/9c
Host Julia Bradbury takes a look back at the different hunting methods used to track and kill the wild game featured in season 3, including deer, rabbit and duck, and how the experience impacted the guests who participated in bringing their meals from the fields to their forks.
For more about this show, go to http://current.com/killit.
Premieres: Tuesday, March 22 at 10/9c
Host Julia Bradbury takes a look back at the... more
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Premieres: Tuesday, March 15 at 10/9c
Inexperienced hunters travel to the Scottish Highlands to debate the moral and ethical issues surrounding the shooting and eating of grouse, a wild game bird. After experiencing the shoot first hand, they pluck and gut the prized poultry, and prepare to dine on their freshly killed delicacy. Over dinner, they assess whether the experience has changed any of their views—and one vegetarian considers taking a bite of meat.
For more about this show, go to http://current.com/killit.
Premieres: Tuesday, March 15 at 10/9c
Inexperienced hunters travel to the Scottish... more
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Premieres: Tuesday, March 8 at 10/9c
Nine volunteers with differing views and opinions on the rights and wrongs of eating animals travel to an estate in the Scottish Highlands to experience how rabbits go from fields and forests to the dinner table. The novices learn how to flush rabbits out of their burrows with the help of ferrets, and debate the differences between shooting their game from afar or killing the animal by breaking its neck with their bare hands.
For more about this show, go to http://current.com/killit.
Premieres: Tuesday, March 8 at 10/9c
Nine volunteers with differing views and... more
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Premieres: Tuesday, March 1 at 10/9c
With the demand for duck having doubled over the past decade, nine novice hunters are taken back to basics in an effort to understand exactly how this in-demand form of wild game is prepared. The beginners face an intensive gun training session before they venture to some of the most remote ponds of Scotland to shoot mallard at dusk. Next, they’ll take their kills back to the farm to be plucked, butchered, and prepared for supper.
For more about this show, go to http://current.com/killit.
Premieres: Tuesday, March 1 at 10/9c
With the demand for duck having doubled over... more
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Premieres: Tuesday, February 22 at 10/9c
Nine guests travel to an estate in the Scottish Highlands, where they join in the hunting and butchering of wild deer to better understand the processes that bring the increasingly popular meat venison to the dinner table. The group learn how to stalk and shoot the animals, and then experience first hand as the deer is gutted in the field and hauled back to the house to be skinned and butchered for the evening meal.
For more about this show, go to http://current.com/killit.
Premieres: Tuesday, February 22 at 10/9c
Nine guests travel to an estate in the... more
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