What's the fuss about organic grassfed beef

(www.Borganic.org) The fuss boils down to choice: Do you choose to eat beef from cows that are humanely-raised, and allowed to graze on open pasture? Or do you select conventionally-raised beef from cattle confined in unhealthy feedlots, given a diet unnatural for their digestion and regularly dosed synthetic hormones and antibiotics? If you choose the organic grassfed beef, what you get is beef not only safe (call it 'worry-free') but delicious and nutritious. It delivers healthy omega-3s, vitamins and minerals. Choose the feedlot beef, and you support that inhumane lifestyle for thousands of cows who live off grains they were never created to digest, synthetic hormones and antibiotics. You are what you, and they, eat..

Of the 90 million cows living on America soil, only a small number live their lives on open ranges. That unlucky majority exist in cramped conditions---in unhealthy feedlots where close confinement breeds disease.

Nutrition professionals like Kelley Herring sing the praises of eating organic grassfed beef. In “Enjoy Grass-fed Steak…With a Side of Spinach," she remarks, “Choose ONLY grass-fed: Grass-fed beef is 300-400 percent higher in conjugated linolenic acid (CLA) - a natural fat that promotes weight loss and reduces the risk of cancer."

In another article entitled, “Meat: Lean, Clean and Green,” Ms. Herring includes this information in the section on farming methods. “It’s absolutely essential to choose 'green' meats free of antibiotics, hormones, and pesticides. These compounds are powerful endocrine disruptors in our food supply - and even 'cutting back' does not safeguard against their effects.” Here again, she recommends grassfed beef.

Food Revolution.com, in its lengthy article on grassfed beef, relates this piece of good news for organic carnivores: “A sirloin steak from a grain-fed feedlot steer has more than double the total fat of a similar cut from a grass-fed steer.” The article further points out that grazing cattle pass along healthy omega-3s as well as nearly four times higher the amount of vitamin E than conventionally-raised, feedlot cattle.

And, finally, this comment from activist Michael Pollan:
"We have succeeded in industrializing the beef calf, transforming what was once a solar-powered ruminant into the very last thing we need: another fossil-fuel machine."

Be sure to mark off a few minutes to view Dr. Alan Greene’s YouTube video on grassfed beef.

Organic Food Examiner

Natalie Rotunda

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