#corn-fed

[adorablemarie]

Slightly 🐭 because the mad cooking skills and the b... the te... th- the... farmlands

I'm only ever calling them the farmlands from now on.

Appropriately from the midwest.

[missspoken]

Meet Our Readers - Melanie LaForce

Melanie LaForce is a writer and social psychologist living in Logan Square. She is a researcher at the University of Chicago and adjunct faculty at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Her book, Corn-Fed, is a collection of  personal essays that highlight the humor and angst inherent in growing up Midwest. Available on Amazon and the finest bookstores the Midwest. Her hobbies include dog-petting, butter-eating, and flirting.

Melanie will be reading at Miss Spoken’s August show, I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC, on Wednesday, August 29 at The Gallery Cabaret. RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2182250405118370/.

[ag4front-blog]

Is grass-finished beef healthier for me?

I get this question a lot. “Are your cattle fed grass or grain?” The question that usually accompanies this is, “Isn’t grass-fed beef healthier?” One common misperception with meat-buying is that organic, natural or grass-fed beef are healthier for me. No matter what type of beef food-eaters choose, they can be confident all types of beef can be included in a healthy diet. All beef has eight…

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[fluttering-slips]

CORN-FED  You look like you eat corn  with every meal  and drink large glasses of milk  I couldn't keep enough milk  in the house for you.  I only shop when the spirit moves,  buying just enough to turn  my coffee tan on the weekend.  and you would fumble  with the clasp of my  complicated bra. Renee L. Marshall

[alternateworldcomics]

How does she know he eats corn? Must be like Sherlock Holmes or something!

[afoodloversdilemma]

Even food experts won't eat corn-fed beef

2. Corn-Fed Beef

The expert: Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms and author of half a dozen books on sustainable farming

The problem: Cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. But farmers today feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. More money for cattle farmers (and lower prices at the grocery store) means a lot less nutrition for us. A recent comprehensive study conducted by the USDA and researchers from Clemson University found that compared with corn-fed beef, grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), calcium, magnesium, and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease. "We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure," says Salatin.

The solution: Buy grass-fed beef, which can be found at specialty grocers, farmers' markets, and nationally at Whole Foods. It's usually labeled because it demands a premium, but if you don't see it, ask your butcher.

Click here to read the full article http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/the-7-foods-experts-wont-eat-547963/

[jennytwojoints]

7 Foods That'll Fuck Your Health (not its official name, but that would be better) is an article I think y'all should really look at.  It discusses canned tomatoes, corn-fed beef, microwave popcorn, non-organic potatoes, farmed salmon, milk with hormones, and non-organic apples.  It's pretty good, but here's what I think:

There are loads of products other than tomatoes that come in cans and bottles treated with BPA, and a good portion them also contain acid (e.g. SODA).  It's not just tomatoes.  If you're gonna stay away from one, you should stay away from 'em all.  Also, why not preserve tomatoes yourself rather than buying them at all?  It's really easy and cheap.  Pretty much all you need is tomatoes and maybe some lemon juice.

I only eat grass-fed beef, but this is for ethical reasons.  Grass-fed beef has more health benefits and less fat, but the risks to humans from corn-fed beef actually relate to pathogens like E. coli.  Cows that eat corn have exceptionally low pH (high acid) in their intestines (for cows anyway) and this causes them all kinds of health problems and creates an optimum environment for the brewing up of dangerous E. coli that can easily contaminate your meat.  To combat this the cows are given a buttload of antibiotics, which is one factor fueling the terrifying development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.  Yikes!  The thing is, grass-fed beef is omgwtfexpensive, but you can save money by buying directly from a farmer.  Learn more about grass-fed beef and find a local farmer here.

That popcorn shit is scary.  I hadn't heard about it before.  Honestly, though, is it really that hard to pop your own popcorn?  It doesn't even take longer, and it's much cheaper, too.

Buying organic isn't just important for potatoes, it's essential for all root vegetables.  In fact, Rachel Carson said that carrots are actually the worst.  You see, different plants absorb pesticides at different rates and some are able to retain more than others.  They also have different agricultural needs, so some are sprayed more than others.  Personally I'd recommend switching to organic everything-grown-underground.                                  

These are all valid concerns regarding farmed fish.  However, with anything other than Alaskan salmon, catching wild fish has major environmental impacts (more on that in a later post).  What makes Alaskan salmon more sustainable is that the state has unusually strict laws about how fish are caught.  That being said, I don't know of any other medium- or large-sized fish for which that is the case.  So if you're gung ho about this shit but you still want to eat fish, you can actually buy low-density farmed fish. It's expensive, but these fish are usually organic and are raised more holistically.  (This method of farming also solves the other big concern regarding farmed fish - high pollution.)  In my opinion it's a better solution than buying exclusively wild-caught fish.

Legally anything that advertises being rBGH-free has to be labelled with, "No significant difference has been shown between milk from treated and untreated cows."  That being said, the biggest purveyor of growth hormones is the Monsanto corporation, and in case you hadn't heard of them, Monsanto is the devil.  They are probably the world's least ethical corporation and they're equipped with the world's best legal team.  As such, they have a huge hand in preventing the creation of laws that detriment them.  Being that rBGH and the accompanying practices are very lucrative, we end up with the government telling us there is "no significant difference."  But if you don't want puss in your milk and you don't want to risk getting cancer, rBGH is something you might want to stay away from.  In addition to that there is another concern: cows that are treated with rBGH are so sickly that they have to be pumped full of antibiotics as well.  All they do to remove this shit from the milk is pasteurize (boil), and I just don't know if that's quite enough for me.  These are chemicals, not bacteria.  Why would boiling help?  Plus are you really comfortable with fucking with millions of cows' bodies and giving them cancer, infections, and birth defects so that you can have slightly cheaper milk?  "Not I," said the fly.                                                                                                          

The apples shit is legit.  Buy organic or peel 'em at least.

This ended up a lot longer than I intended ._.'