Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Natural / Organic Beef
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="LRW" data-source="post: 131852" data-attributes="member: 2528"><p>After reading some of the messages, I decided give some more info. While I'm intersted in the financial aspect of how my family's farm would do with natural / organic beef, my interest is much deeper than that.</p><p></p><p>I am not a tree-hugging hippie by any means, but I do feel strongly about eating food that is not fed antibotics and other drugs, or fed food that is not part of their natural diet. Someone else posted the issue about Mad Cow disease and it is a direct result of feeding cattle by-products of other animals which is not natural for cattle.</p><p></p><p>Most small farmers are 'natural' in that they don't pump their animals full of drugs or feed them inappropriate food. Most mass produced beef is not natural in any way.</p><p></p><p>As for evidence of natural / organic being more healthy, I do not know but I do know that doctors believe that human resistance to various antibiotics is a direct result of eating meat that has been fed antibiotics in their feed. Resistance builds up in the food chain which is bad for us.</p><p></p><p>Natural / organic foods are not a fad. Perhaps in the 70s or 80s but now people want food (veggies and meat) that are raised without chemicals and drugs. In WV where my family lives (which is very rurual) you can't find anything natural or organic in the grocery stores, but I now live in Atlanta and we have grocery stores that sell nothing but organic veggies and meat...and I don't mean one or two stores, but many many stores. It is something that as people become educated about our food supply, they are opting for natural and organic food. There is a $$ consideration and people in cities tend to have more disposable income so they can pay more for organic food, so even if it isn't popular country-wide, it definitely has gained market share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRW, post: 131852, member: 2528"] After reading some of the messages, I decided give some more info. While I'm intersted in the financial aspect of how my family's farm would do with natural / organic beef, my interest is much deeper than that. I am not a tree-hugging hippie by any means, but I do feel strongly about eating food that is not fed antibotics and other drugs, or fed food that is not part of their natural diet. Someone else posted the issue about Mad Cow disease and it is a direct result of feeding cattle by-products of other animals which is not natural for cattle. Most small farmers are 'natural' in that they don't pump their animals full of drugs or feed them inappropriate food. Most mass produced beef is not natural in any way. As for evidence of natural / organic being more healthy, I do not know but I do know that doctors believe that human resistance to various antibiotics is a direct result of eating meat that has been fed antibiotics in their feed. Resistance builds up in the food chain which is bad for us. Natural / organic foods are not a fad. Perhaps in the 70s or 80s but now people want food (veggies and meat) that are raised without chemicals and drugs. In WV where my family lives (which is very rurual) you can't find anything natural or organic in the grocery stores, but I now live in Atlanta and we have grocery stores that sell nothing but organic veggies and meat...and I don't mean one or two stores, but many many stores. It is something that as people become educated about our food supply, they are opting for natural and organic food. There is a $$ consideration and people in cities tend to have more disposable income so they can pay more for organic food, so even if it isn't popular country-wide, it definitely has gained market share. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Natural / Organic Beef
Top