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The chemicals they use to keep the animals foodstuffs free of pests and weeds, along with the antibiotics pumped into them to keep them healthy while in packed
by jdhawk 10y ago
The chemicals they use to keep the animals foodstuffs free of pests and weeds, along with the antibiotics pumped into them to keep them healthy while in packed conditions?
Its all chemical engineered now, unless you can afford to buy a piece of land and DIY.
-Avid Meat Eater.
- toomanybeersies 10y agoThe sheer scale of industrialisation of livestock is an American thing, especially with beef. Most Beef in the world is grass fed, and not pumped full of antibiotics. Generally animals are more or less left in a field until they're old enough, then taken in a slaughtered.
- rocho 10y agoYeah right, "in the field". Nowadays you can do old-style animal farming if you have three cows and want to sustain you own family. Otherwise, if you want to sell it, it's just not cost effective. - http://www.rollingstone.com/feature/belly-beast-meat-factory-farms-animal-activists http://www.rollingstone.com/feature/belly-beast-meat-factory... - https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9031-China-raises-alarm-over-Argentine-beef https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9031-Ch...
- Jaruzel 10y agoCounter argument for that with regard to the UK: http://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/ http://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/ Most quality beef sold in UK is governed by the Red Tractor food standards and welfare scheme.
- dkersten 10y agoIts similar in Ireland. The cows here are all grass fed (I grew up in the country, lots of farming friends) and the health standards don't allow the "pumping full of antibiotics" that we keep hearing about.
- majewsky 10y agoDon't worry, TTIP will bring all of that to us in Europe, too.
- eru 10y agoDepends on country, I guess? Argentina and Australia might have enough land to pull it off.