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Cow-Pooling - the practice of getting neighbors, family and friends together to buy meat in bulk to reduce costs and make use of the entire animal-was recently featured in Time Magazine. Time illustrates a $10-$12/lb price difference when comparing the…
A recent study by Kansas State University concluded that in terms of presence of E. coli O157:H7, there was no difference between "organic," "naturally-raised" and conventionally raised beef. Feedlots provide all of the conventionally raised beef and the vast majority of organic and naturally-raised beef. Only a small percentage of organic beef is grassfed and finished on pasture.
The study reported that feces from 14% of the organic and naturally-raised cattle contained the pathogenic strain of E. coli, and that this number was comparable to conventional systems. What the study did NOT include were samples from cattle that were pasture-finished or grassfed, surprisingly, not a requirement of either organic or naturally-raised systems. I imagine that there are many consumers who will be surprised to learn this.
ALERT 1: HIGH WELFARE DOESN''T ALWAYS EQUAL HIGH COST Tips for Shopping for Affordable Products from Animals Raised Outdoors with High Welfare Standards\r\n Animal Welfare Approved is pleased to announce the launch of a series of monthly consumer alerts to…
We wanted to share news about a new website published by the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, nichemeatprocessing.org, which was designed to provide information for smaller meat processors working with local, organic or grassfed products. This resource should be helpful,…
Segments of an on farm visit by an Animal Welfare Approved auditor were featured in a news piece last night on Channel 11, WPIX in New York City. See below. Correspondent Arthur Chi'en debuts his new food show this weekend…
Monday night we had a table at the panel, "Power, People, Poultry" sponsored by the UNC student group FLO. FLO stands for Fair, Local and Organic and is an association of students working to get this type of food into…
Jesse Kornbluth on the Huffington Post sings the praises of Omega-3. He writes: "I started paying attention to these fatty acids when I read Nina Planck's Real Food: What to Eat and Why, and was dazzled by the range of…
It turns out the old adage "You are what you eat" is true for livestock too. Researchers at the University of Exeter recently published a study which found that meat from animals grazed in quality, biodiverse systems is nutritionally superior…
