Re: Soy fed animals. Ok to eat?

[Guest guest]

Hi Don:

You are what your animal ate.

vsp

On 10/9/06, donfree228 <df228@...> wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> Our local " healthy " grocery store (New Seasons for those in Portland

> OR) has organic free range meets (lamb, turkey, beef, etc.. I was

> told all the animals are fed Soy and corn a few months before they are

> killed to " prepare " them.

>

> I don't know a thing about " preparing " animals but does the soy affect

> the animals and us when we eat the meat?

>

> Can you send me specific links or studies on this soy being given to

> the animals?

>

> Thanks

> don

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can tell you I've read that a few weeks on grain (off pasture)

uses up much of the omega-3 fatty acids in the animals, so when they

go to market their 3/6 ratio is approaching that of confinement

animals. It is hard to find farmers who don't do that, so sometimes

you just have to hope that the lack of hormones, antibiotics, and

build-up of pesticides and some benefits of being on pasture are

getting through.

--- In , " donfree228 " <df228@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> Our local " healthy " grocery store (New Seasons for those in

Portland

> OR) has organic free range meets (lamb, turkey, beef, etc.. I was

> told all the animals are fed Soy and corn a few months before they

are

> killed to " prepare " them.

>

> I don't know a thing about " preparing " animals but does the soy

affect

> the animals and us when we eat the meat?

>

> Can you send me specific links or studies on this soy being given

to

> the animals?

>

> Thanks

> don

>

[Guest guest]

I don't have the links but I live in Portland and love New Seasons

EXCEPT for this policy. Grain-finished is way closer to feedlot

practices than it is to grass-finished.

If you go to the Portland Farmer's Market you can get grass-fed

everything every Saturday. No grain feeding. That's what I've gone

to.

Connie

--- In , " donfree228 " <df228@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> Our local " healthy " grocery store (New Seasons for those in

Portland

> OR) has organic free range meets (lamb, turkey, beef, etc.. I was

> told all the animals are fed Soy and corn a few months before they

are

> killed to " prepare " them.

>

> I don't know a thing about " preparing " animals but does the soy

affect

> the animals and us when we eat the meat?

>

> Can you send me specific links or studies on this soy being given

to

> the animals?

>

> Thanks

> don

>

[Guest guest]

Go to eatwild.com or my website (www.blackberryridgellc.com)

under " why 100%Grassfed? " you can link to the exact study on the

eatwild website from there for the info on why 100%grassfed is

healthier and the backup research on it. No rumminant needs to

be " finished " on grain-soy or corn. That is to add fat to the meat

because we cook our meat to such high temperatures that it dries out

and then expect the fat in it to add enough moisture back to it to

make it palatalbe (re:juicy). A 100% grassfed animal can be tender,

if cooked right.

We raise organic 100%grassfed beef and lamb. Not a drop of grain.

Jan

www.blackberryridgellc.com

--- In , " donfree228 " <df228@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> Our local " healthy " grocery store (New Seasons for those in

Portland

> OR) has organic free range meets (lamb, turkey, beef, etc.. I was

> told all the animals are fed Soy and corn a few months before they

are

> killed to " prepare " them.

>

> I don't know a thing about " preparing " animals but does the soy

affect

> the animals and us when we eat the meat?

>

> Can you send me specific links or studies on this soy being given

to

> the animals?

>

> Thanks

> don

>