By now, you may have heard about or seen this video (look for “Cheap Meat” if it’s no longer the main video) showing workers at a California slaughterhouse trying to get diseased cows to walk so they can pass inspection. Watch as the cows are dragged, picked up with forklifts, poked with an electric [...]

Tags: grass-fed, red meat, Vegetarianism

Here’s a disconcerting article from Science Daily: 100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticide.
…found that 100% of Spaniards analyzed had at least one kind of persistent organic compound (POC´s), substances internationally classified as potentially harmful to one’s health, in their bodies. These substances enter the body trough food, water or even [...]

Tags: nature, organic, pesticide

After my post on staph a few weeks back, Joe sent me this article from Salon: Is the way we raise our food giving us MRSA? (MRSA = Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) It’s an interesting article with a slant that I’ve never considered before.
Bacteria typically become resistant to antibiotics through exposure to them. … [...]

Tags: antibiotics, CAFO, E.coli, grain-fed, grass-fed, MSRA, staph

Via The Ethicurean: E. coli Loophole Cited in Recalls
Think about this the next time you purchase your beef in the supermarket:
One federal inspector calls it the “E. coli loophole.” Another says, “Nobody would buy it if they knew.”
The officials are referring to the little-discussed fact that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed it acceptable [...]

Tags: beef, children, E.coli, Fast Food Nation, grass-fed, red meat, school lunch

Here’s lookin’ at you kid. (Photo courtesy of NY Times)
Here’s a good article that I received from Slanker’s Grassfed Meats today about the preservation of heritage turkeys. It tells the tale of Frank Reese Jr and his quest to save the strains of turkey that have been outdone by the big-breasted birds we all [...]

Tags: grass-fed, turkey