Greetings,
Yes, 100% grass fed beef and lamb are only sold directlly by farmers. If
you go to www.eatwild.com like Keith suggested, you will find lots of
information and local listings of suppliers. Also, there are some
producers that are listed at www.localharvest.org A great place to find a
local CSA. Some farmer's markets are also selling grass fed meat. I don't
know anyone who has made it into the stores with their meat. This is one
of the things that keeps the price so high.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
At 10:40 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
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]>
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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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