Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein is a Reconstructionist mashgi’ach in Springfield, MA.
Religion
I had not eaten meat in 12 years. But I became convinced that meat could be an ethical choice for me–if I the animals were raised locally and sustainably, and if I slaughtered the animals myself, according to the values embodied in the Jewish laws of shechitah, kosher slaughter.
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