Am reading Ruth Ozeki's book, My Year of Meats, and learned about DES which was given to chickens and cattle to speed growth but resulted in very harmful effects for the people who are the animals. E-I-U!! I am just wondering if vegetarianism is the answer to safe foods.
As ranchers, we support beef protein in the diet of people. Of course, our cattle are grass fed without any hormones. They are raised in a low stress environment and the cattle adore my husband and show their devotion by calling to him and following him around. News of steroid use in cattle is the reason I stopped eating calf's liver. Again, greedy farmers trying to make money fast. But what rancher doing what is ethically and safely raising beef cattle is making money. The current going price for weanoff is 67 cents a pound. Checking the price of beef in the supermarkets I know that someone is making a killing $$$wise, but it sure ain't the ranchers.
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