America's Beef is Treated with Ammonia or Another reason to just buy grass fed cows

[jdatwood]

As an aside, I see in upscale grocery stores now eggs that are boasting to be from "vegetarian fed" chickens. I don't know, but the chickens I have seen truly "range-free" were given access to the land and they ate a lot of bugs and insects...possibly worms. And their eggs were so rich, and delicious-- nothing like store bought eggs. I mean, if you are able to let the chickens to choose what is biologically appropriate for them, you're going to have a healthier bird and healthier and more tasty eggs.

It's sad what companies will resort to with their marketing to sell more products. Chickens are the epitome of omnivores. They eat plants, bugs, seeds, grain, meat... you name it.

Ours get a seed & grain mix that we put together ourselves as well as fresh vegetables daily. They also get meat scraps when we can pry some away from the dogs.

If you want the best eggs you can get at the supermarket you should look for Pastured eggs. They at least are out in fields eating what chickens normally would.

[NewYorkDogue]

If you want the best eggs you can get at the supermarket you should look for Pastured eggs. They at least are out in fields eating what chickens normally would.

Yes. And I pay the extra 2 dollars or so to buy the pastured eggs. Big difference...

[magicre]

we pay extra too for pastured eggs who get to eat bugs.....

and we don't buy meat unless we know from where it comes.

i'm a city girl. i'm never gonna be a farmer...never wanted to be. i know more about food than i ever wanted to know.

i like my food nicely wrapped, even the whole goat i buy from new zealand comes in six pieces. i don't mind breaking it down, but i damned sure don't want to break the goat and then dress it and pack it.

it's sad that we've come to this with food...which is the sustenance used to keep us alive.

but the american dairy association is laughing all the way to the bank, having had their way with us since we were children...

and the pharmaceutical companies laugh all the way to the bank because they can now market in a way that liquor companies only wish they could.....i'd worry more about these guys than my meat.

we have a tremendous budget just for food, because these are the times, i'll never own land, and i choose to eat better than most.....especially with my health.

i don't live the life i lived as a child.....so let's all toast a toast that we're still alive, be thankful that we have choices and we are knowledgeable to make better choices....

and let's cheer for the movement that is bringing back the farmer's market...that people are speaking.......and a grass roots movement is born.

omg. i am being an optimist. must be because i'm drinking shots of vodka. i made broth today with my chicken friend who is actually looking like a chicken and not a triple DDD breasted chicken. :)

[KittyKat]

Well, that may be true. However, if a dog is hungry, and you put down a dish of fresh raw meat next to a dish full of candy... I am betting they'll go for the meat!

Piper would simply stuff both into her mouth and run around with them.