Here is an article on the practices of a high profile "organic" company.
And below is a quote to give you an idea of just how dedicated to their cows' welfare they seem to be.
"If grazing was going to interfere with higher production, they didn't want to graze," he said."
And another from the farm veterinarian,
"They don't appear to have an interest in grazing other than window-dressing and lip service."
So spend triple to buy milk from Horizon and get what you pay for....or maybe not.
Thanks for My Cattle.com for the quotes. My cattle has a long list of useful articles most of the time if you get a chance to check it out.
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So much for free ranging cows. It wouldn't be the first time greed beats out the best of intentions.
Sounds like MORE incentive to buy local from people you can look in the eye and get to know
A great related article that I read today:
Keep looking for alternatives:-)
tp
(sorry about the html goof up. the article is called 'Eating Locally')
tp
Thanks, Cube and terrapraeta for visiting and sharing your thoughts.
Why am I not surpised. :)
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Why not make organic milk in a massive CAFO, if it's particularly profitable by increasing the scale of production and getting the bonus that comes in with selling organics?
I'll not mention the other issues that I think y'all know about with these bigger farms.
Hey there NYcowboy, thanks for stopping by. That seems to be the direction that organic and "natural" production is going. If there is money to be made the big companies will find a way get a share. Just look at the free range eggs Land O' Lakes sells. Their chickens haven't seen grass in their lives, but the definition of free range doesn't have a damn thing to do with being loose and eating greenery.
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