Comments on: Help the Food Crisis: Stop Feeding Cows Corn! http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/ Writer. Journalist. Activist. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SomaCow 175: Boom-De-Yada | SomaCow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4546 SomaCow 175: Boom-De-Yada | SomaCow Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:42:25 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4546 [...] not even he can save us from the impending beef crisis. I am having difficulty coming up with a flow chart to explain the [...] [...] not even he can save us from the impending beef crisis. I am having difficulty coming up with a flow chart to explain the [...]

]]> By: Joachim http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4486 Joachim Wed, 07 May 2008 20:57:38 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4486 I am a recent convert to Organic Milk. It is ridiculously expensive but makes my coffee taste so much better. My solution: consume less, enjoy more.... I am a recent convert to Organic Milk. It is ridiculously expensive but makes my coffee taste so much better. My solution: consume less, enjoy more….

]]> By: The Urban Scientist http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4484 The Urban Scientist Wed, 07 May 2008 18:25:55 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4484 acidosis - that's what it is called when cattle (or any other ruminants each too much grain. Like Maxwell said, they aren't meant to eat just corn (though I am in favor of finishing them with corn - hey it's how I was trained). Acidosis is like stomach ache - akin to a little kid eating too much candy and not enough nutritious food. Here is some more info about it - it's from an Ag school, so it is biased (in favor of grain finishing to max out beef quality and yields. <a>http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/01614.html</a> acidosis – that’s what it is called when cattle (or any other ruminants each too much grain. Like Maxwell said, they aren’t meant to eat just corn (though I am in favor of finishing them with corn – hey it’s how I was trained).

Acidosis is like stomach ache – akin to a little kid eating too much candy and not enough nutritious food.

Here is some more info about it – it’s from an Ag school, so it is biased (in favor of grain finishing to max out beef quality and yields.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/01614.html

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4481 Kenyon Farrow Tue, 06 May 2008 19:59:49 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4481 Yes! That point, Maxwell, is what made me blog about this anyway, and yet I totally forgot to include it! Yes! That point, Maxwell, is what made me blog about this anyway, and yet I totally forgot to include it!

]]> By: maxwell http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4480 maxwell Tue, 06 May 2008 19:57:05 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4480 yes! agreed! and perhaps equally as important, cows are not made to eat corn! it leaves them more susceptible to foamy slime build up in their rumen (like a stomach) and all kinds of other diseases. which then means we have to hop them up on all sorts of drugs. more good info <a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=01&year=2007&base_name=cows_r_us" rel="nofollow">here</A> yes! agreed! and perhaps equally as important, cows are not made to eat corn! it leaves them more susceptible to foamy slime build up in their rumen (like a stomach) and all kinds of other diseases. which then means we have to hop them up on all sorts of drugs.

more good info here

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4479 Kenyon Farrow Tue, 06 May 2008 18:24:22 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4479 Thanks for the info, Urban Scientist! Thanks for the info, Urban Scientist!

]]> By: The Urban Scientist http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/05/06/help-the-food-crisis-stop-feeding-cows-corn/#comment-4478 The Urban Scientist Tue, 06 May 2008 18:21:38 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-4478 I have a degree in Agriculture and all of this is true. Farming is by no means a million dollar business (speaking of the private farmer/family owned business) and there are lots of risks and debt associated with it. So, by no means do I intend to disenfranchise struggling family farms....and I am no vegetarian...However, the American diet is meat-obsessed. We eat more meat than is nutritionally necessary. If we cut back to eating meat once a day (which is recommended by nutritionists - and all of the protein we need) we could reduce demand for beef/pork/poultry and hopefully the markets would follow suit. This cold bring down overhead costs for farmers/ranchers AND it could decrease the negative environmental impacts of big business agriculture AND help promote a healthier society. I have a degree in Agriculture and all of this is true.

Farming is by no means a million dollar business (speaking of the private farmer/family owned business) and there are lots of risks and debt associated with it. So, by no means do I intend to disenfranchise struggling family farms….and I am no vegetarian…However, the American diet is meat-obsessed. We eat more meat than is nutritionally necessary.

If we cut back to eating meat once a day (which is recommended by nutritionists – and all of the protein we need) we could reduce demand for beef/pork/poultry and hopefully the markets would follow suit. This cold bring down overhead costs for farmers/ranchers AND it could decrease the negative environmental impacts of big business agriculture AND help promote a healthier society.

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