As per usual, I was reading my daily dose of vegan, animal rights and environmental news when I came across this article on The Daily Green. Apparently the geniuses behind the beef industry are feeding cows potato chips, waste from ethanol plants and chocolate factories. Huh? Yes, cows are being fed junk food. Would it not be fitting to then postulate that people who eat beef are also eating potato chips, waste from ethanol and chocolate waste, all of which were deemed not good enough for human consumption? As they say, you are what you eat.
Cows are grass eaters, not potato chip, chocolate or ethanol waste eaters. The absurdity of their diets has led to a vast increase in the number of E. coli in their guts. Could this possible rise over the decades have led to the greater number of recalls DUE to E. coli, just like the one earlier this month? The one in which Nebraska Beef, Ltd. based in Omaha, Nebraska had to recall about 1.2 million pounds of beef? Of this I have no doubt. But you also have to consider the great E. coli risk due to incompetent slaughterhouses (if there is such a thing as a competent one…rather oxymoronic), in which demand is high so work is quick and lousy. But in and of itself, the increased amount of E. coli in the animal being slaughtered would easily be a prime suspect for the root of contamination. But would anyone admit to this? Probably not, considering they would then have to admit that they are not only consuming something they shouldn’t, but also admit that they are feeding the cows what they shouldn’t eat either. Afterall, what is more important: feeding a cow what it actually eats or feeding it something that increases their fat factor? By all means, E. coli is only a minor problem considering the thought of slim cows *gasp*! No no, it is more important to risk over 1.2 million pounds of beef to be recalled (or approximately 2600 cows that died for absolutely no reason whatsoever…even from a meat eater’s viewpoint…so would that make it negative quantities of reason for death?).
So cows have not only been fingered for consumption, but also for being forced to eat crap. No, this would be worse than that, this would be the waste FROM crap. Apparently the increase of ethanol needs in this country has quite a bit to do with what cows eat. Corn prices are high, but apparently ethanol waste prices are low. So of course the cows get the waste. Not only that, farmers obtain waste from Hershey’s and Mars as well. Isn’t that grand? Cows get to eat chocolate considered not suitable for human consumption. But guess what? Humans are still consuming it each time they have beef. So no matter how “healthy” a meat eater THINKS they are (which they aren’t even if they don’t realize it), they are still consuming junk food. I find this a tad bit humorous…considering how terrible junk food is considered, yet beef is still found even on menus of Jenny Craig and and other idiotic diets. Of course I feel awful for the cows, as who knows what this crap they are feeding them is doing to their systems. Afterall, their lives are terrible enough.
