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Just another reason to eat local

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Grass fed beef is in trouble. The Agriculture Department has proposed a standard for grass-fed meat that doesn't say animals need pasture and that broadly defines grass to include things like leftovers from harvested crops. This proposal is so loose that it would let more conventional ranchers slap a grass-fed label their beef, too. This is exacty what they are shooting for of course, so that grass fed beef will be a term that means nothing anymore. Big agricorp doesn't want to let their cows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eating Local Tagged With: Agriculture Department, Animals, Cows, Crops, Feedlots, Grass Fed Beef, Leftovers, Pasture Grass, Proposal, Ranchers, Reason, Sardines

Healthy Grass-fed Beef

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Beef from a cow raised on pasture is a safer choice than feedlot beef, offers richer flavor and more nutrition, and is even healthier for you than a chicken breast. Here are five benefits of eating pasture-raised cattle: Grass-fed beef is one-third to three times leaner than conventional grain-fed beef, and as a consequence has fewer calories, too. Grass-fed beef has two to four times more essential omega-3 fatty acids than feedlot beef. It also contains more beta carotene, vitamin E and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tagged With: 3 Fatty Acids, Animal Studies, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Bse, Chicken Breast, Cla, E Coli, Feedlot Beef, Feedlots, Finished Cattle, Food Borne Bacteria, Good Fats, Grain Fed, Grass Fed Beef, Lab Animal, Mad Cow Disease, Mother Earth News, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Pasture Grass, Stress Life

Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as "USDA Organic"

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Several online petitions are making the rounds today as the news hits that the USDA is deliberately refusing to take action against factory farms who are unethically selling their products as "organic." No doubt they are being pressured big time by the conventional agriculture business to weaken the organic foods laws and make it easier for them to profit from the organic market while making no real changes to the way they farm. As a consumer I am outraged! Unscrupulous "organic" dairy farms … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment, Healthy Eating, Organic Bites, Political Action Tagged With: Agriculture Business, Animal Feed, Conventional Agriculture, Conventional Farms, Cow Blood, Dairy Farms, Farm Dairy, Feedlots, Import Animals, Loophole, Money Talks, No Doubt, Online Petitions, Organic Dairy, Organic Farmers, Organic Farms, Organic Foods, Organic Market, Organic Principles, Organic Regulations

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Meet Tiffany

My name is Tiffany and I am a flower farmer and urban homesteader in Central Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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