Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Terry Wereb" <frostedacres@gmail.com>]

And isn't it amazing that SUNLIGHT will kill the coliform bacteria? Pasturing would put the cattle in a more natural environment-- less crowded, more  natural behaviour, movement  away from dirty areas-- just think-- Nature knew best all along...... And cows really weren't meant o digest concentrated feed grains, anyway....

 

Terry W

Frosted Acres

 

On 5/11/08, mdnagel@verizon.net <mdnagel@verizon.net> wrote:

If I recall correctly, it was in Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma in which he stated that
E. Coli contamination in beef could be reduced something like 80% if the beef were finished in grass (pasture) for at least one week prior to slaughter.  I suspect that much of the remaining 20% could be further reduced through better slaughter practices (not the industrial methods).


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA