http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/10/29/agribusiness.aspxCould the real cause of the obesity epidemic facing the nation be an overabundance of cheap food? According to this New York Times article by Michael Pollan, it could be--and it is. The central premise is that large-scale farmers are producing too muchenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/10/29/agribusiness.aspx#36539Thu, 22 May 2008 07:23:47 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:36539adinkle<p>Eye opening. I was born &amp; grew up on a farm in the midwest. I do remember going out in the pasture to herd the cows in for the evening milking, so they had to be primarily grass fed. &nbsp;My father butchered our home grown beef and also the pork. The meat was preserved differently also as we had no refrigeration. It shows my age to admit to that. </p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=36539" width="1" height="1">