Comments on: Cattle May Move Inside With The Chickens.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:14:00 +0000

Hi Laren – You are correct in your comment, but the problem is the cost. A New York steak from your site is $32.00 a pound plus shipping. We can buy locally pastured grass fed New York Steaks here for 14.00 a pound. We can also get locally pastured Y Steaks which are unfortunately fed grain for the last couple weeks of their lives, but are 10.00 per pound. Even this is not what most people buy. They go with what their budget will allow and get the mass produced 7 or 8.00 per pound NY steaks at the local discount grocer. We need to stop subsidizing the mass production of unhealthy food and shift those subsidies to healthier alternatives.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:39:40 +0000

Grass fed beef is definitely a much more environmentally friendly and healthy option for consumers and the environment. Grass fed beef is lower in calories and fat, as compared to grain fed beef, and is high in heart healthy omega 3 acids. I work with La Cense beef which sells 100% Grass Fed Beef directly to consumers, I have to say it is delicious and a product you can enjoy without guilt.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:47:31 +0000

Hi Rob, Swubird and chasgone – Shutting them inside in crowed unnatural conditions really disturbs me. And I am not an activist by any means on the eating of meat issue. I eat a lot less than I did as a child, but do not try to convince others that this somehow makes me a better person!

I am, however a huge supporter of the ethical production of food. The idea of raising cattle in the same manner as the factory production of chicken is certainly not ethical.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:39:36 +0000

Hi Jennifer – You are right about the salmon. I have written about it a long time ago, links below. Maybe it is time for an update.

http://willtaft.com/environment/salmon-color-added/

http://willtaft.com/health/tainted-farmed-fish/

-Will

By: chaosgone

chaosgone — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:44:11 +0000

I hope they don’t do that. If beef farmers want help the environment, they should find a way to make fuel out of all of the cow dung.

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By: Swubird

Swubird — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:12:57 +0000

Will:

I have to agree with you on this issue. Keep the cows outside, and let them eat grass. Indoor methane capture would probably be more difficult than it seems. On the other hand, ammonia emissions from cow dung all over the place is detrimental to the air quality. Maybe it’s a toss up. Methane, or ammonia. Either way, I think the beef growers have finally gotten Mad Cow Disease!

Have a nice day.

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By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:00:13 +0000

We should be concerned about the methane production of cattle and other farm animals. This is an issue.
We should eat less meat and encourage folks to go meat free.
It would be completely wrong, however, to move back to intensive animal production which is inhumane.
Thanks for post – keep it coming!

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By: Angus Bulls

Angus Bulls — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:09:32 +0000

Stick with grass fed beef all the way. You obviously need alot more productive land for it, but in the end happy cattle will make better beef.

I understand the environmental/economic reasons behind moving cattle indoors. I have even read somewhere of experiments in Australia to transfer gut bacteria from kangaroos to the stomachs of cattle and sheep , because the kangaroo doesn’t give off the same greenhouse gases!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:55:32 +0000

Very interesting Will, so you try to cut down on greenhouse emissions, helping us out one way, but then there is the grass fed vs grain fed and how grass fed is more healthy, so many choices, which is right? maybe a combination? Learning so much here.

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By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:42:32 +0000

This is frightening news. Feedlots are bad enough, and putting animals indoors will marginalize them even more from our landscape. Isn’t it nice to see cows at pasture as you’re driving down the highway, or worse a feedlot. Even if people see feedlots we can hope that their horrifying visibility will strike a chord with people and make them think twice about where their food is coming from.

There is a company called La Cense Beef that I think is trying to promote grass-fed, with a poster campaign in New York with signs like “It’s the end of the Feedlot as we know it.” My only hope in this case is that grass-fed, humanely-raised beef companies such as La Cense Beef, will, through advertising, be able to turn peoples heads and increase consumer awareness and choices when purchasing meat, hence, demanding nationwide change in beef production standards.

The company is just beginning this campaign, which I hope will be big. One component of the campaign is a website where you can enter to win a year’s worth of grass-fed beef (and a freezer to put it in) and enter a slogan, song, or movie line, with “grass-fed” in it – promoting awareness of the term.

the website for this is http://www.winagrassfedcow.com

and La Cense Beef’s website is http://www.lacensebeef.com

Viva la Grass-fed!