Comments on: How Corn Changed the Cattle Industry http://www.ecosalon.com/how_corn_changed_the_cattle_industry/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:55:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Luanne http://www.ecosalon.com/how_corn_changed_the_cattle_industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Luanne Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:41:58 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/How_Corn_Changed_the_Cattle_Industry#comment-1015 Thanks, Sara. We have to change how we farm or simply give up meat. We are too advanced as a society to be sending sick cows to slaughter. I appreciate these posts so much. Thanks, Sara. We have to change how we farm or simply give up meat. We are too advanced as a society to be sending sick cows to slaughter.
I appreciate these posts so much.

]]> By: Sarah I http://www.ecosalon.com/how_corn_changed_the_cattle_industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Sarah I Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:09:21 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/How_Corn_Changed_the_Cattle_Industry#comment-1014 Hi Jay, The main point of this post is that a cow's stomach is not made to digest something like corn. Cows are ruminants and their stomach system (which is VERY different from ours!) does not handle corn well at all. Corn makes them very ill, bloated and acidic. Because they are unhealthy and also in crowded conditions, these cows are more likely to become diseased, and are pumped full of antibiotics -- which we don't really want to be eating in our meat. Basically, feeding corn to cattle is a bad idea all around. Hi Jay,

The main point of this post is that a cow’s stomach is not made to digest something like corn. Cows are ruminants and their stomach system (which is VERY different from ours!) does not handle corn well at all. Corn makes them very ill, bloated and acidic. Because they are unhealthy and also in crowded conditions, these cows are more likely to become diseased, and are pumped full of antibiotics — which we don’t really want to be eating in our meat. Basically, feeding corn to cattle is a bad idea all around.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ecosalon.com/how_corn_changed_the_cattle_industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Jay Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:43 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/How_Corn_Changed_the_Cattle_Industry#comment-1013 Corn is an edible part of a plant and therefor a vegetable, like all grains and also fruits. Non-vegetable foods are usually either animal (meat) or fungi(mushroom). Corn fed cows are also solar-powered, for exactly the same reasons as grass is solar powered. Changing the solar collector from grass to corn does not substantially change the process. Corn is an edible part of a plant and therefor a vegetable, like all grains and also fruits. Non-vegetable foods are usually either animal (meat) or fungi(mushroom).

Corn fed cows are also solar-powered, for exactly the same reasons as grass is solar powered. Changing the solar collector from grass to corn does not substantially change the process.

]]> By: shonna http://www.ecosalon.com/how_corn_changed_the_cattle_industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 shonna Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:48:45 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/wellness/How_Corn_Changed_the_Cattle_Industry#comment-1012 Thanks for the post Sarah! It is so important that people know how their food is being produced and what the real costs are - bravo! Thanks for the post Sarah! It is so important that people know how their food is being produced and what the real costs are – bravo!

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