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I saw the following wonderful post from the Modern Day Farm Chick page and I want to share it here. Because I have no clue how to share something from Facebook to tumblr, I am copy and pasting it here. But I want to make it very clear, that the following was taken from a different blog and was not written by me. I don’t want to steal her amazing words and ideas. Without further ado, here it is:

As a farmer I feel frustrated. Consumers want farmers to practice good animal husbandry and at the same time they want milk and meat to be produced without the use of antibiotics. How can I give my cows the best care possible if I cannot help them when they are sick?

When your child is sick, you take him/her to the doctor and use antibiotics for a speedy recovery. If your pet falls ill I bet you take him/her to the vet and use the antibiotics the doctor prescribes. It’s no different with livestock.

Farmers work closely with a veterinarian and use antibiotics ONLY when necessary. They follow the label’s instructions and make sure the drug is used properly. Why? 1. It’s is the right thing to do. 2. Antibiotics are expensive!

So what’s the deal? Are you worried about antibiotic residues reaching the food your family consumes? Did you know that there are withhold periods when using pharmaceuticals? Or that milk and meat is tested at various levels and is discarded if and when it tests positive for antibiotics…at the farmer’s expense.

So I ask you, do you want products from farmers who give their animals the best care possible or milk and meat produced from farmers who don’t use antibiotics, because I can’t do both.

Here’s a link to her blog on Facebook if anyone else is interested: https://www.facebook.com/moderndayfarmchick

(If anyone knows how to share from Facebook to tumblr without copy and pasting or doing screen shots, please let me know! I hate to do something like reposting without being able to credit the author.)