On 12/10/2013 12:26 PM, 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.
>
Try completely inhumane.