Tuesday, September 16, 2008

What You Need to Know About the Beef You Eat

I ran across this article a few weeks back and got permission to link to it from here.

What You Need to Know About The Beef You Eat
by Jo Robinson, in Mother Earth News magazine

Supermarket beef is an unnatural, industrial product. It can include antibiotics, added hormones, feed additives, flavor enhancers, age-delaying gases and salt-water solutions, all in an attempt to get cattle to market faster. Industrial farming also has introduced mad cow disease and the deadliest strain of E. coli. These unnatural additives and procedures also put more stress on the animals while giving us less nutritious meat. The good news is there are better and safer options. Look for options such as organic or grass-fed, and start in your local community.

To read the complete article, click here: Mother Earth News
In the article, they describe how beef used to be raised on small farms. That's just how we do it at Cordray's. But when you get yours back, it's in vacuum sealed freezer bags, not wrapped in butcher paper and tied with string! Click here to read about all natural, locally grown Cordray Farms Beef.

Claudia

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