Factory Farming

[DallasCowpoke]

You might be surprised to know this, but even cattle that live out on the wide open prairie have manure smeared all over them more often than not. Cows will crap where they eat/sleep even if they have a thousand acres to roam. They will crap all over each other and not think twice about it. Hell, cows will crap/urinate all over their calves if they happen to be nursing from behind instead of from the side. Regardless of all that, once slaughtered, the steer is washed and skinned. Manure never once comes in contact with the actual meat.

I own a 2500 acre cattle ranch. So my cattle aren't kept in the conditions that are the topic here. Only commenting on your turd burger comment.

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This!

The "Willy Wonka" fantasy that feedlots, industrial farming, farm-raised fish etc etc, should magically disappear. And we alllll should live on livestock and produce raised in glorious green pastures. Given last rights and a delicious bale of freshly mown, organically grown hay, harvested by the equivalent of some sort of Quaker super-farmer-hybrid, using horse or oxen-drawn thrashers. Genuinely have ZERO concept the amount of acreage is required just to grow even something as simple as the amount of wheat needed bake a loaf of bread.

It CERTAINLY would accomplish one thing...It would likely send 50 percent or so of the world's population into an irreversible state of famine, and I guessssss the "survivors" could all eat, farm and sustain themselves in this Leave it to Beaver-esq world y'all seem to think is attainable.

 

[maxdallasfan]

Gota go free range, grass fed. Beef this way looks and tastes totally different.

There are tons of local farms everywhere who do this type of thing. They let their cows live long lives.

Tons of Web sites to buy frommtoo.

However, it is expensive.