Do you think Grain-Finished meats are a problem?

[eveheart]

Hey guys, I found a supplier for beef suet and other good organs but where I am it is so hot they have to set out supplemental feed for the animals. The woman I talked to says that there are round hay bales out and the supplemental feed is optional(just set out for the cows which come and eat some at the end of the day). The supplement blend makes up around 30% of their diet and is a mix of alfalfa, peanuts, and corn(<25% of the feed). So corn ends up around less than 10%(probably more like 5-7%) of their diet.

Find something else. A good book that explains the damage done by corn and other non-beef-friendly foods is The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Book by Michael Pollan.

Cows have stomachs designed to digest grass, period. Often, "healthy" corn-fed cattle are not so healthy, but on the verge of disease or death at slaughter because they cannot healthfully adapt the a non-grass diet. They might not have a disease that requires antibiotics, but there are other measures of good and poor health. Beyond that, the meat that they produce on corn has unhealthy elements that you would do best to avoid.

[Z]

Find something else. A good book that explains the damage done by corn and other non-beef-friendly foods is The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Book by Michael Pollan.

Cows have stomachs designed to digest grass, period. Often, "healthy" corn-fed cattle are not so healthy, but on the verge of disease or death at slaughter because they cannot healthfully adapt the a non-grass diet. They might not have a disease that requires antibiotics, but there are other measures of good and poor health. Beyond that, the meat that they produce on corn has unhealthy elements that you would do best to avoid.

That's what I was thinking  Most of that stuff is pretty good priced for my area(4-6$/lb organs etc) and whole foods is a little pricier/no organs(6-8$/lb, cheapest cuts though I get a discount cause I work there which helps). I'm gonna buy the suet cause I already order some from this farm but I'll probably just throw it away(12$ suet, not worth making an enemy). Or maybe I can make soap or lotion from it.