Is Grassfed Better?
June 21, 2007
Is it really better for health to eat foods that are low on the food chain–grassfed beef, for example? I tackled the subject briefly over at Eating Liberally, where I will be answering questions about healthy and sustainable eating on a regular basis from now on. I cover the grassfed issue in more detail in What to Eat, of course.
Check out the movie, King Corn to learn more about the corn industry including information on feeding our animals corn.
Comment by Gerri French, MS, RD — June 27, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
I’ve seen it and it’s great fun–two guys who set out to buy an acre of corn, plant it, harvest it, and film the process. I loved the scene where they make their very own high fructose corn syrup and the one at the end (which I won’t spoil). You can read about it on the King Corn website. Anyone else see it?
Comment by Marion — June 27, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
Nice to see you mentioning grass-fed beef as low on the food chain.
I’ve lost count of how many people have told me they don’t eat red meat because “it’s too high on the food chain”, yet they eat large, high-on-the-food chain fish all the time. Low on logic, though.
Comment by Anna — August 29, 2007 @ 4:23 pm