I haven't completely been able to make peace with it, either. I try when I can to buy meat that has been raised humanely, but can't always afford it, so lots of times I just buy supermarket meats. And I know that even the humanely raised animals didn't want to die so they could become someone's dinner.

But even plants want to live and propagate their seeds. I've seen how hard most plants struggle to stay alive, even if I don't recognize their "life" as anything like my own. So when we eat plants, we are eating something that was once alive, as well. But the meat bothers me much more than the plants.

I guess I realize that we need to eat meat, so I try not to think about it. Not a very good answer, I'm afraid. I haven't figured out any way around the fact that something has to die so that I can eat it and live. But I never eat meat excessively...only what I need.