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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2650"><p>i understood what you meant. the point i guess i was trying to make is that we're all in the beef business together. we may choose different breeds and methods but basically our goal is to get a quality product out to the consumer, to try to satisfy that consumer, and to have them buy more. the meat industry as a whole gets enough bad publicity from groups like peta & the media that we don't need to increase it by bad-mouthing different segments from within. if you choose the "organic" or "natural" route, good for you, but don't try to turn consumers off from the rest of the industry when there has been no evidence that this is the best way to go. there are probably much worse things we consume (additives? preservatives? artificial sweeteners?), use (cell phones) & are exposed to (gas fumes while fueling our vehicles, asbestos-buildings) every day (of course the list can go on each category). you're right in saying that the average consumer would choose natural if given the choice, but the average consumer doesn't know what "natural" is. i was at a seminar where they showed a video asking people on the street questions about fertilizer. they asked if the people would rather eat plants that had been given fertilizer or plant nutrients. of course the people said plant nutrients. but what is fertilizer?......plant nutrients!! someone even thought potash was what was left after smoking a joint....there's your average consumer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2650"] i understood what you meant. the point i guess i was trying to make is that we're all in the beef business together. we may choose different breeds and methods but basically our goal is to get a quality product out to the consumer, to try to satisfy that consumer, and to have them buy more. the meat industry as a whole gets enough bad publicity from groups like peta & the media that we don't need to increase it by bad-mouthing different segments from within. if you choose the "organic" or "natural" route, good for you, but don't try to turn consumers off from the rest of the industry when there has been no evidence that this is the best way to go. there are probably much worse things we consume (additives? preservatives? artificial sweeteners?), use (cell phones) & are exposed to (gas fumes while fueling our vehicles, asbestos-buildings) every day (of course the list can go on each category). you're right in saying that the average consumer would choose natural if given the choice, but the average consumer doesn't know what "natural" is. i was at a seminar where they showed a video asking people on the street questions about fertilizer. they asked if the people would rather eat plants that had been given fertilizer or plant nutrients. of course the people said plant nutrients. but what is fertilizer?......plant nutrients!! someone even thought potash was what was left after smoking a joint....there's your average consumer! [/QUOTE]
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