Re: melamine in organic chicken feed

[Guest guest]

I don't know if China exports feed here. If I were a betting person, I would

doubt it since our grain farmers do a great job of supplying most of our needs

along with some of the rest of the world.  I will say that there are only a few

certified organic feed producers in the US and I am lucky enough to have one

that is 10 miles away.  

 

The bigger issue is this - organic grains have not gone down in price like the

conventional ones have.  The price point at where you can sell your chicken or

eggs in this economy is almost driving the organic market to a breaking point. 

Even with economies of scale, most organic farmers barely make anything.

 

Amy

 

Evan's Farm

McDade, TX

From: Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...>

Subject: melamine in organic chicken feed

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 11:30 AM

Melamine Found Contaminating Soy Meal Fed to Organic Chickens

http://www.naturaln ews.com/News_ 000571_melamine_ organic_chickens _China.html

This happened in France. Does anyone know if China exports organic chicken

or other livestock feed to the US? If so, does anyone know if it gets into

the meat of animals that eat it? I know it's been found in eggs, but

wondering if meat is also a concern?

Suze Fisher

Casco Bay Maine WAPF Chapter

[Guest guest]

We import almost every category of food, for both human and animal

consumption, from all over the world. This madness is caused by farm

subsidies both here and in other countries among other causes.

The problem is that you can't trust anything coming from China being

what it's labeled. As everyone, including Chinese mothers, have

learned the hard way over and over again.

I'm not a farmer but I would think that using pasture for 30% of their

calories, plus growing your own feed should be cheaper than buying

feed, or at least it should give you more control over the feed pricing.

Cheers,

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> wondering if meat is also a concern?

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[Guest guest]

Yes, we import wheat from China, that was one of the problems with the dog

and cat food disaster a few years ago. What is the bread basket of the world

(as the Midwest used to be called when I was a kid living there) doing

importing wheat?

Rehoboth Ranch, one of our local farmers in north TX, gets organic feed from

an Amish farmer in Ohio. He claims to be the only farmer feeding his

free-range pigs and chicken organic feed. He told me recently that a mill in

central TX is going to start selling organic feed grown in the U.S.

Personally, I would rather have non-organic feed grown in the U.S. than

organic feed from China.

Kathy

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of paulsonntagericson

Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:03 PM

Subject: Re: melamine in organic chicken feed

We import almost every category of food, for both human and animal

consumption, from all over the world. This madness is caused by farm

subsidies both here and in other countries among other causes.

The problem is that you can't trust anything coming from China being

what it's labeled. As everyone, including Chinese mothers, have

learned the hard way over and over again.

I'm not a farmer but I would think that using pasture for 30% of their

calories, plus growing your own feed should be cheaper than buying

feed, or at least it should give you more control over the feed pricing.

Cheers,

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> From: Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...>

> Subject: melamine in organic chicken feed

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> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 11:30 AM

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> Melamine Found Contaminating Soy Meal Fed to Organic Chickens

> http://www.naturaln ews.com/News_ 000571_melamine_ organic_chickens

_China.html

>

> This happened in France. Does anyone know if China exports organic

chicken

> or other livestock feed to the US? If so, does anyone know if it

gets into

> the meat of animals that eat it? I know it's been found in eggs, but

> wondering if meat is also a concern?

>

> Suze Fisher

> Casco Bay Maine WAPF Chapter