I mean even buying straight from small farms the meat isn't cruelty free. The small farms still primarily ship their animals for slaughter to the same slaughter

I mean even buying straight from small farms the meat isn't cruelty free. The small farms still primarily ship their animals for slaughter to the same slaughterhouses, or "best case" scenario they slit the animals' throats themselves. Would you consider having your throat slit to be a cruelty free way to die? Watch some videos of Chechen soldiers having their throats slit, or people being killed in that fashion by Isis, and tell me if it seems cruelty free to you.