sf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:53:05 -0800, The Other Guy
> > wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:41:17 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> > >O.k., I was lazy and copied the headline to make a subject line. It
> > >was obviously a reporter's attempt at getting attention. The real
> > >stuff in the article for me was the increased nutrition from a natural
> > >diet.
> >
> > The problem is that not everyone has access to, OR can afford,
> > grass-fed beef.
> >
> > AND there is no defined meaning of 'organic', so the term can
> > be used when it's not really appropriate.
> >
> For me, organic milk from cows that have not been treated with growth
> hormones or drugs in general (other than what is medically necessary),
> pasture grazed as much as possible, given organic feed and humanely
> treated.
>
> I don't think that's too much to expect.
>
> Beef steers are grass fed for most of their life and then plumped up
> on feed lots. I wouldn't have a problem with feeding them corn or
> other grains, if they could graze too. But their life on the feed lot
> is abysmal.

Cattle fed on corn/grain have essentially a constant upset stomach since
that is not what they evolved to eat. This condition also contributes to
the excess use of antibiotics to keep them from getting sick due to the
constant distress. The underlying truth to all of this is that all or
mostly corn/grain is not a good diet in general. I get grass fed beef
whenever possible, though it is more expensive, but not as much more
here in TX than it is in non cattle producing areas.