10 Weird Organic Food Facts
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mrsprincess07
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Not all of their "facts" are true. Living in a HUGE ranching/farming state, I've learned a lot from the farmers at our local farmer's market. Organic Eggs indeed might be caged. Big Ag companies, even the name brands that offer organic varieties, will keep them confined feeding them organic feed. It's also important to know there is a huge difference between Cage Free and Free Range! Cage Free means that they are not confined to individual pens, but group pens. If you buy organic eggs for humane reasons, some consider this just as bad as chickens are territorial and fight. Free range means they have the roam of the place! Dirt scratchin', bug eatin', sun-lovin' to it's best.
Small scale organic cattle farmers, and even poultry/pork farmers, will grow their feed and/or cut their own grasses to store for year-round purpose. I have met several that free range their beef and poultry and cut the land's grass to dry and store for cold month feed.
For those not aware, many small-scale farmer's are switching from the "organic" label to "all natural". The USDA/FDA have and continue to drastically increase the fees in order to obtain/maintain the "organic" labels. So much so, that many small farmers started to go under, all over the US! So to combat this, I know many farmers around here have a passion for keeping the lands and animals naturally, organically, the way God intended. So they've switched to calling their products "natural". If you have the chance (such as buying directly from the source), ask them about their farming practices if you see something labeled as "all natural" vs "organic" at the farmer's market.
Living here in the Northern Central Plains for several yrs now has really opened my eyes. We know so many people that come from farming families or married into them. The nasty, brutal, inhumane practices they use in Big Ag (animal growing and harvesting) is shocking. It's scary. Even family farms do it to, sadly. The adage that "you are what you eat" takes on a whole new meaning when you hear exactly what these animals are injected with, what they consume, and how they are raised. I used to scoff at spending 40% one local, organic, humanely raised food. Now I do so gladly! I grill the farmers that I purchase from. One in particular had the most amazing tasting beef until I learned it's only "natural" to a certain age when it's shipped off to a feed lot. I had to stop buying from them after researching about the practices used there; except for a weekly burger that we buy will roaming the market in the summer.
Thanks for posting the article!
Small scale organic cattle farmers, and even poultry/pork farmers, will grow their feed and/or cut their own grasses to store for year-round purpose. I have met several that free range their beef and poultry and cut the land's grass to dry and store for cold month feed.
For those not aware, many small-scale farmer's are switching from the "organic" label to "all natural". The USDA/FDA have and continue to drastically increase the fees in order to obtain/maintain the "organic" labels. So much so, that many small farmers started to go under, all over the US! So to combat this, I know many farmers around here have a passion for keeping the lands and animals naturally, organically, the way God intended. So they've switched to calling their products "natural". If you have the chance (such as buying directly from the source), ask them about their farming practices if you see something labeled as "all natural" vs "organic" at the farmer's market.
Living here in the Northern Central Plains for several yrs now has really opened my eyes. We know so many people that come from farming families or married into them. The nasty, brutal, inhumane practices they use in Big Ag (animal growing and harvesting) is shocking. It's scary. Even family farms do it to, sadly. The adage that "you are what you eat" takes on a whole new meaning when you hear exactly what these animals are injected with, what they consume, and how they are raised. I used to scoff at spending 40% one local, organic, humanely raised food. Now I do so gladly! I grill the farmers that I purchase from. One in particular had the most amazing tasting beef until I learned it's only "natural" to a certain age when it's shipped off to a feed lot. I had to stop buying from them after researching about the practices used there; except for a weekly burger that we buy will roaming the market in the summer.
Thanks for posting the article!
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