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What is the deal with whole foods grass-fed ribeye? https://www.plasticlist.org/product/65 https://www.plasticlist.org/product/65 What are they grazing on, pl
by cheeseomlit 1y ago
What is the deal with whole foods grass-fed ribeye?
https://www.plasticlist.org/product/65 https://www.plasticlist.org/product/65
What are they grazing on, plastic lawn turf?
- johncole 1y agoBeef cows are accumulators. And their feed often contains plastics.
- cheeseomlit 1y agoJust thought it was interesting considering they are 'grass-fed'. Is that just a lie? Or maybe it's something else, like if they're drinking water from plastic containers that sit in the sun all day
- johncole 1y agoIt's a good point. I'm not an ag lawyer, but I am willing to bet that there's wiggle room in any grass-fed definition set by the USDA. And you're right, there's also: plastic from water sources, plastic in the field that gets taken up by the gras, supplements given to the cow, plastic in the cutting board the meat was cut in, plastic the meat was wrapped in . . . it's hard to get plastic out of your supply chain.
- kube-system 1y agoYou're probably imagining the marketing depiction of "grass fed" https://www.primalmeats.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grass-fed-beef-from-flickr.jpg https://www.primalmeats.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gra... But nobody said it was coming straight off the ground! https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cows-eating-trough-made-blue-plastic-barrels-different-breeds-being-bred-intensively-hay-cowshed-cattle-confinement-253454259.jpg https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cows-eating-trough-made-blue... https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CFFY4J/hay-bales-wrapped-in-heavy-plastic-for-protection-from-cold-and-rain-on-a-farm-in-south-freeport-maine-2CFFY4J.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CFFY4J/hay-bales-wrapped-in-heavy...
- herbst 1y agoEven here in Switzerland grass fed means that like 70% of the year they eat grass from their fields, conserved in large plastic "rolls"