Cheeseburgers When Subsidized
Corn, wheat, sugar and a dozen other crops all got increased subsidies in the recent Farm Bill, signed with terrifying agreement. Ryan Krueger asks whether there an end in sight.
One overlooked clue while those crops are fetching sky-high prices in that other system known as the free market is data showing farms took acreage from pastureland, which livestock need to graze. So, ranchers have been liquidating herds and giving up in the battle against soaring feed costs. FULL ARTICLE
Comments (4)
Larry N. Martin
What? No cheeseburgers in paradise?
Published: July 2, 2008 8:47 AM
Miklos Hollender
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Published: July 2, 2008 9:06 AM
Neal W.
Is the data showing that pasture land is being taken up by crops available on the net?
Published: July 3, 2008 11:53 PM
IMHO
You may very well see increased consumption of chicken. Apparently, the following diet is considered to be optimal for chickens and may even be better for us:
"Chickens that are free to consume as much living grass as they want, along with the myriad other living things in a natural grassland or meadow, give significant health benefits to the consumer today, just as this poultry diet has done for the thousands of years of domestication of the chicken. Meat and eggs from grass-fed poultry, which is very low in fat, have high levels of Omega-3 fatty acids. Eggs from "pastured" (another form of "grass-fed") poultry, high in omega-3 fatty acids, will lower one's "bad cholesterol" and raise the "good cholesterol." More and more consensus is emerging that grass-fed or pastured poultry eggs are good for the heart, and that not only should they not be avoided, they should be specifically included in the diet."
lionsgrip.com/chickens.htm
Published: July 4, 2008 12:17 AM