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  • From: "Terry Wereb" <frostedacres@gmail.com>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] E. Coli contamination and industrial farming(Don Bowen
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 09:52:07 -0400

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




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