Kim,
How do we know what is pasture fed, non-hormonal beef, and corporate farm
beef? I am in the process of quitting beef right now, mostly because of mad
cow. I have a friend who is director of an E Coli testing lab in Colorado
and the things he tells me makes me want to stay away. It tastes so good
though. Would I need to go to a local farmer specifically, or can I buy it
in stores?
Thanks,
Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth & Kim Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Pimentel is at it again
Greetings,
If I may chime in here, Please, once you discover the horrors that the
agribusiness way of raising animals is causing, buy 100% strictly grass
fed meat. For those of us that are fighting to build markets for our
grass fed meat, this would really help. The agribusiness guys are having
too much fun laughing at us, since it is difficult to build markets with
all the stumbling blocks they put in our way. Even though it does cost us
less in many ways to raise our meat, by the time we can get it to market,
it costs more because of the rules we have to follow to be able to market
our meat. If more people bought our meat, then our processing costs could
come down and we can become more affordable, but only the consumer can
make this happen. Deciding not to eat meat as an answer to agribusiness,
just puts many sustainable farmers out of business, which is what the
agribusiness guys want.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
A sustainable farmer with grass fed dairy, beef and lamb.
At 03:15 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
todd,
you make an excellent point. i still remember how stunned i was when i
first
heard how much feed/grain/meal goes into each unit of meat purchased at
the
supermarket.
And none of it necessary, nor of any benefit compared with good pasture.
Cows thrive on grass, not on feed/grain/meal, when that's what they're fed
nothing else much thrives either.
Best
Keith
also, i understand there are aspects of chemistry involved which limit
this
to some degree (especially when it comes to converting the oil to biod),
but
there are lots of oils used in processed foods, such as palm kernel and
cottonseed. i suspect large quantities of these oils would be freed up
for other uses
in a more sane food industry (lol, "sane food industry" = oxymoron?).
-chris b.
In a message dated 7/6/05 9:38:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Reduce
the meat centered diet to one that treats meat as a delicacy rather than
a mainstay and vast acreages could be diverted to liquid fuel production
and cellulosic ethanol production rather than feed meal. >>
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