The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers
Not exactly low carb, but an interesting read nonetheless:
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Read the article in full here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/...rian-vegan.html |
Horray!!!!!!!
Ethical treatment is everything. |
Definitely a trend I can support. I'm seeing grass fed meat available from small producers more and more in MA and VA.
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Our local health food store expanded their offerings in that area, there was so much demand. It is my preferred way.
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I try to buy ethical meat and eggs.
And for beef, it's 100% grass-fed because (1) it's good for the cows (2) it's better for the environment and (3) it's healthier for me. Eggs I get pasture raised. I don't eat chicken or farmed fish. Bob |
There are very few places where cows can graze 365 days per year.
In the northern states where it is very cold and snowing during the winter, they have to be brought into huge barns so they don't freeze to death. In the south where it is warm most of the year, the grass stops growing when the days get shorter. So either way, they're being fed. |
Hopefully by more hay than grain.
There is/was a hog farmer in northern Vermont that raised grass fed pork. Took injenuity. A local farmer brought over hay for the winter. And the piglets got eggs from chickens running around, and adult supplemented with brewers grains, left over from beer companies. Just takes some planning... |
At the farmers market yesterday, the farmer told me that her farm was one of the few accredited for animals being 100% grass fed, no cereals at all. Whoopee! And she sells raw organic cheddar cheese, and bones for broth, and dripping. She also gives work to those with mental impairments. I feel lucky to have come across her.
Edited to add: should have mentioned, all the meat is organic too. |
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There is a farm in my town (hundreds thousands of acres) where the owner is proud of 100% grass-fed. The family have been good stewards of the land for years, and one of them is a superb nature photographer. Up north they give the 100% grass-fed cows hay in the winter. And yes, hay is still grass and it's why you see those white rolls of hay on the farms. Sending the cow to the feed lot to feed it corn is bad for the cow, bad for the environment and bad for the human who eats it. Bob |
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