Re:High price of corn forcing farmers to feed candy to lives...
by joshcrews on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @03:14PM
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America ought to think about that question deeply. Corn fed ground beef in the supermarket is $3-4 per pound while grass raised ground beef is $7-$9 per pound. We (Americans) are making ourselves very sick with degenerative diseases (cancer, heart, alzeimer's, dementia, arthritis) at rates orders of magnitude larger than our ancestors. I believe the race to make cheap food (corn feed beef in this example) is causing health suffering on the backend (degenerative disease)
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Re:High price of corn forcing farmers to feed candy to lives...
by beothorn on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @04:25PM
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The rate of those types of disease being higher are maybe also a consequence of a longer lifespan.
Re:High price of corn forcing farmers to feed candy to lives...
by jack-r-abbit on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @05:06PM
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and a less active lifestyle. and more consumption of processed foods in general. Even if McDonalds started using 100% grass-fed beef, I don't think that would make much difference in the overall health value of a Quarter Pounder & Fries.