Re: Feeding cows in Georgia

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On 2/12/06, cstraq wrote:

>

> Thought you guys might find this interesting. I stopped and had a

> conversation with a local guy who is keeping his cows in a pasture

> next to my house. I asked him how the animals were fed and he told me

> they graze on the grass as well as eat bread. I was rather surprised

> but he was more than happy to explain. He bought truckloads of bread

> and fed it to his cows daily. He said " It really fattens them up " (for

> slaughter). This just mortifies me - we wonder why the meat is so

> disgusting when people again are just concerned about the income they

> can derive from these animals. I don't think it even occured to him

> that he may be destroying the lives of unsuspecting humans in the

> process.

>

> Carol

>

>

In PA they feed chocolate to dairy cows. IIRC, it's the seconds from the

Godiva factory.

Steph

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[Guest guest]

“they graze on the grass as well as eat bread.” Well I guess It’s better

than chicken poop and newspaper that many are fed in the big industry herds.

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Subject: Feeding cows in Georgia

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I stopped and had a

conversation with a local guy who is keeping his cows in a pasture

next to my house. I asked him how the animals were fed and he told me

they graze on the grass as well as eat bread. I was rather surprised

but he was more than happy to explain. He bought truckloads of bread

and fed it to his cows daily. He said " It really fattens them up " (for

slaughter). This just mortifies me - we wonder why the meat is so

disgusting when people again are just concerned about the income they

can derive from these animals. I don't think it even occured to him

that he may be destroying the lives of unsuspecting humans in the

process.

Carol

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[Guest guest]

Steph wrote:

>In PA they feed chocolate to dairy cows. IIRC, it's the seconds from the

>Godiva factory.

>

>Steph

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Wow. Where do I sign up?? Moooooo......

--s

[Guest guest]

On 2/12/06, Suzanne Noakes wrote:

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> Steph wrote:

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> >In PA they feed chocolate to dairy cows. IIRC, it's the seconds from the

> >Godiva factory.

> >

> >Steph

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> >

> >

> Wow. Where do I sign up?? Moooooo......

>

> --s

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LOL! Yes, that's what I was thinking. I kept wondering if I could show up

on chocolate delivery day and snag a handful or three. :-)

It could've been Hershey's, which would make more sense, but I seem to

remember it being something higher quality. Well, it wasn't Scharffen

Berger, but still.

Steph

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[Guest guest]

Steph wrote:

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>>

>LOL! Yes, that's what I was thinking. I kept wondering if I could show up

>on chocolate delivery day and snag a handful or three. :-)

>

>

>

Too right!

>It could've been Hershey's, which would make more sense, but I seem to

>remember it being something higher quality. Well, it wasn't Scharffen

>Berger, but still.

>

>

>

>

Ah, well, my tastes in chocolate are rather pedestrian. Only recently

have I learned to appreciate the qualities of Endangered Species

chocolate. Prior to that, a bag of Rollos suited me just fine.

--s, an admittedly cheap date.

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> They also feed them chewing gum and also the wrappers.

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> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of cstraq

>

> This just mortifies me - we wonder why the meat

> is so disgusting when people again are just concerned about

> the income they can derive from these animals.

Stop and think about this for a moment. If everyone were willing to pay a

premium for highly nutritious meat, then how much income could a farmer make

by selling low-quality meat? Not much! The only reason the profit motive now

leads farmers feed their cows bread is that people are perfectly willing to

buy it. In fact, most people prefer well-marbelized meat--something that you

can only get with with grain feeding.

If no one wanted to buy grain-fed meat, then no one would try to sell it. It

may be tempting to try to blame all the world's ills on some cabal of greedy

farmers, but that's not the way the world works. If you're not happy with

the goods that are being produced, then blame the consumers. Ultimately,

they're the ones who call the shots in a capitalist economy.

> I don't think

> it even occured to him that he may be destroying the lives of

> unsuspecting humans in the process.

" Destroying the lives? " That's a bit over the top, isn't it? Meat from cows

fed on bread might not be the best food there is, but it's a great deal

better than most things people eat these days.

[Guest guest]

maybe true, except for the lack of truth in advertising. They still

show cattle in green pastures eating grass in most pictures and

children's books. The average consumer believes that the cattle they

eat, and the pigs and chicken come from somewhere like in the

movie " Babe. " Who would buy meat if the pictures of cattle we saw

were of them standing in barns, covered in filth and eating paper and

wood pulp? Maybe it's their fault for not finding out for themselves,

but really most people are too busy with work and watching TV to find

out much about the real world.

The only reason the profit motive now

> leads farmers feed their cows bread is that people are perfectly

willing to

> buy it. In fact, most people prefer well-marbelized meat--something

that you

> can only get with with grain feeding.

>

> If no one wanted to buy grain-fed meat, then no one would try to

sell it. It

> may be tempting to try to blame all the world's ills on some cabal

of greedy

> farmers, but that's not the way the world works. If you're not happy

with

> the goods that are being produced, then blame the consumers.

Ultimately,

> they're the ones who call the shots in a capitalist economy.

>

[Guest guest]

--- We live near a Stover's candy factory. Guess what some

cattle get to eat around here? Dennis

In , " cstraq " <cstraq@...> wrote:

>

> Thought you guys might find this interesting. I stopped and had a

> conversation with a local guy who is keeping his cows in a pasture

> next to my house. I asked him how the animals were fed and he told

me

> they graze on the grass as well as eat bread. I was rather

surprised

> but he was more than happy to explain. He bought truckloads of

bread

> and fed it to his cows daily. He said " It really fattens them up "

(for

> slaughter). This just mortifies me - we wonder why the meat is so

> disgusting when people again are just concerned about the income

they

> can derive from these animals. I don't think it even occured to

him

> that he may be destroying the lives of unsuspecting humans in the

> process.

>

> Carol

>