We don’t hurt family members. We don’t hurt friends or strangers. We don’t even hurt upholstered furniture.”(Safran Foer, Against Meat). Safran Foer uses this example from his childhood to lead readers to the conclusion that by eating meat we are in fact harming animals. He makes the assumption that because people choose to eat meat that they are somehow choosing to harm animals. When in all reality the person eating the hamburger or chicken breast in fact did not have any sort of contact with the animal before the animal was cooked and prepared. I do agree with the author and his belief that harming animals is inhumane, but if we are given the choice to buy and consume meat that is organically raised we are in fact not harming the animals. According to the USDA organic regulations animals are allowed year-round access to the outdoor, raised on certified organic land meeting all organic crop production standards, and raised per animal health and welfare standards. The animals are fed 100 percent certified organic feed, except for trace minerals and vitamins used to meet the animal’s nutritional requirements, managed without antibiotics, added growth hormones, mammalian or avian byproducts, or other prohibited feed ingredients. Safran Foer does not successfully convince readers that being a…