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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:26:59 +0000

I am all for grass fed beef, I produce it myself. What you say about corn fed beef is misleading, cattle fed minimum roughage with corn do not get bloat also saying that cows are not meant to eat corn is nonsense. Cattle that eat a corn diet do not get sick or need frequent doses of antibiotics. Saying that the cattle are barely kept alive untill slaughter is total nonsense. I would agree with you on hormones that they have no place in livestock farming here in Europe hormones in cattle were banned in the 1980’s.

By: Luanne

Luanne — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:41:58 +0000

Thanks, Sara. We have to change how we farm or simply give up meat. We are too advanced as a society to be sending sick cows to slaughter.
I appreciate these posts so much.

By: Sarah I

Sarah I — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:09:21 +0000

Hi Jay,

The main point of this post is that a cow’s stomach is not made to digest something like corn. Cows are ruminants and their stomach system (which is VERY different from ours!) does not handle corn well at all. Corn makes them very ill, bloated and acidic. Because they are unhealthy and also in crowded conditions, these cows are more likely to become diseased, and are pumped full of antibiotics — which we don’t really want to be eating in our meat. Basically, feeding corn to cattle is a bad idea all around.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:43 +0000

Corn is an edible part of a plant and therefor a vegetable, like all grains and also fruits. Non-vegetable foods are usually either animal (meat) or fungi(mushroom).

Corn fed cows are also solar-powered, for exactly the same reasons as grass is solar powered. Changing the solar collector from grass to corn does not substantially change the process.

By: shonna

shonna — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:48:45 +0000

Thanks for the post Sarah! It is so important that people know how their food is being produced and what the real costs are – bravo!