Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

Leee-la — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:06:38 GMT

Mother J, I am with you. maybe that is the only way people will understand what the cow really is going through. People don't think of animals and fish as having feelings or experiencing pain. No spirit or souls. that keeps them in denial. Leila

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

longnow — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:11:03 GMT

Kroger was also involved and I notice Mercola likes to go after Whole Foods

and I don't eat ground beef and I am suspicious of their sliced steak but i

like to eat it with Rosemary anyway. It's fine to mention WF's but it's not fine

to leave out their cutthroat competition. I also get the impression Mercola is

a Climate Change denier and not a skeptic which is also fine but don't turn

into the raw food version of Larry Kudlow who probably thinks Whole Foods

is Marxist conspiracy b/c, apparently, the CEO takes a salary of $1.00 and

is in sympathy with Al Gore.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

rdonaldson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:28:23 GMT

AZhiker, would sure love to know which dairy you went to. I buy local unpasturized milk. Have been invited to the farm, but haven't made it out. Would it be in Schulenberg by any chance? You can contact me at rdonaldson@armstrongmccall.com.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

Leee-la — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:56:46 GMT

It really doesn't matter what i think, all our bodies are different. I no longer believe animals are meant for us to eat. it is something my parents thought. I refuse to support the cruelty and terror the animals go thru. Educating myself has cause me a lot of pain. I think i feel more for the animals than humans, weird, huh? I don't want an animal killed for me to eat, we do not have the gastric juice for meat anyways. Give me the land to eat off of. Leila

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

James Frame — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:33:38 GMT

Great artcile Dr Mercola. Ever since reading the Omnivore's dilemma it has changed my whole veiw on the organic INDUSTRY.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

Thefox — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:21:52 GMT

I eat about 40 pounds of buffalo a month, I know the people that raise them and feel sad when they tell me they lost a calf to the cold winter. Buffalo cannot be pend up like domesticated cows They put out hay for them in the snow. They also grow there own food crops using all natural buffalo dung.

I grow all natural foods, I use dehydrated cow manure mixed with Michigan peat, a 50-50 mix. People ask what fertilizer do i use, none. No pesticides, if bugs don't eat it neither do I. When understanding nature and work with it and it will work for you. Mother nature doesn't like people messing with nature she will get even. Every thing on this earth was put here for a reason. Marigolds will keep bugs out of gardens, garlic plants and powdered cayenne will keep our little four legit buddies out of the garden. Feed the birds in the winter so they will stick around in the summer to eat bugs.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

Spiffchili — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:37:31 GMT

Pacific Village beef is raised in Oregon on pasture only. It's not available for purchase anywhere but New Seasons Market in the Portland area, and because pasture can be scarce in the winter, they halted production on their Pacific Village beef for a couple of months until the animals were gaining enough weight. It's good stuff, and they have hot dogs now, too. Lucky Portland!

For all of you haters out there, I'd like to know what you think dairy cows are fed. You're lucky if you can find milk from a cow that spent more than 30% of its time on pasture (usually only organic).

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

wind spirit — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:07:00 GMT

i'm not sure if this nebraska chain is organic grass fed or not- but if it is- it goes to show that officials want to close down a good thing if it is. the real truth is that their exist e-coli in our bodies. if the meet has been previously frozen then the e-coli grows at an incredible amount of speed in such that our bodies if week can not deal with a large dose of e-coli. i have been eating fresh raw ground beef since the age of 7 and now am 45 years of age- i'm 100% raw - yes meet and eggs and dairy if i can get it. but all farm fresh and never frozen- what the us officials do not take in to consideration- are other factors- such as week immune system- are these people taking medications- do they have a poor diet-ect...we are killing ourselves in this country due to this kind of uneducated fear based every time some one sees a bug we got to kill it attitude- or i will sue you because you gave me a bug- such a sad mentality we are comming to.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

Krishna Dasi — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:13:40 GMT

Vedic texts are scientificaly proven as the oldest holy scriptures on Earth. They tell us that if you are connected with killing, processing, devilering, selling, cooking, serving or eating of the flesh of a cow, you will have to reincarnate as a cow in the slaughterhouses as many lifetimes as their are hairs on the back of a cow. This will probably not get posted as anything benificial for the soul is always edited out of these posts. Somehow only posts that reinforce that we are only the body seem to make it. They fail to see the soul and how our actions while we are in this body effect the most important aspacet of who we are. That aspect that is ever constant and would benefit us by getting rid of the suffering and karma that violence of killing other sentient beings causes us. May you please find it in your heart of hearts to post this very important message and allow others the benefit? Your Humble Servant, Mother jhulan

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

FloridaDon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:57:45 GMT

I checked the web sites on the above links and I would not buy beef from anyone of them because they all finish on grain, or you cannot tell, which negates the reason for buying grass feed beef. I buy my grass feed beef direct from the rancher, in Texas at goodmeat@slanker.com or Colarado at lasatergrasslandsbeef.com. They both have excellent products. I have no financial interest in either. My only interest is that they stay in business so that I can order from them.

Happy, healthy, eating.

Don

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

njlady — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:48:08 GMT

Joe P

Watch out for Soy products, I took a powdered soy protein for many years and eventually it effected my thyroid. Now I need to take medication. Fresh raw milk has kept people alive almost since the beginning of time. The early tribes exsisted on the milk of animals, and they lived just fine. I don't believe they drank soymilk or even rice milk. Of course what you drink is your own business. But do yourself a favor and investigate the effects of soy on humans.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

LoriSmi — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:42:48 GMT

I buy our meats from a local meat market that processes their own meat that is locally grown. I feel this is a safer alternative.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

curious7 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:57 GMT

Whole Foods is not like your local framer's market. It is a big business, designed to put local Mom, and Pop Nutrition stores out of business. We for the most part have fallen for the ruse. most of what is available in Whole Foods, is the same processed meats we get from our run of the mill stores otherwise.

Then remember this company is traded on the Stock Exchange, and the main aim, is investor's profits, and that means cut any corner that means profits.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

RobCrouse — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:47:29 GMT

The first two links I clicked on listed above for "quality" grass fed beef indicate that they finish there cattle on !00% vegetarian diet - including grains - which means corn...

Two of the other sites say "vegetarian diet", mostly grass fed, even though they start their promotion by saying their cattle are 100% grass fed. Appearantly this means that the grass they feed their cattle is 100% grass, but that doesn't mean they don't feed their livestock other things, too. Obviously, deceptive advertising is employed by the organic producers just as much as conventional growers.

This article condemns Whole Foods, yet refers us to other sources that aren't any better - and probably more expensive.

re: Why Purchasing Meat at Whole Foods May be a Risky Proposition

ImJustHealthConscious — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:52:11 GMT

This article sure makes me happy that my wife and I are mainly vegetarian. We don't eat meat - period. As mass beef production becomes more demanding by consumers, the more likely there will be shortcuts taken during the production phases.