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Say No to Corn-Fed Beef, Save the Planet
Target: You!Sponsored by: Care2
Nearly 100% of beef sold in grocery stores is from corn-fed cows. But feeding corn to cows is cruel and is detrimental to our health and the environment.
Cows are meant to digest grass, so corn diets lead to extreme digestive discomfort, including bloating to the point of potential suffocation, and weak immune systems. Corn-fed cows live on cramped feedlots, unable to move.
Feeding corn to cows also breeds bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics and digestive acids in humans. Corn production and waste from corn-fed animals are a huge source of greenhouse gas, water and air pollution.
Instead, stores should sell beef from grass-fed cows who roam free their whole lives, eliminating the ethical, health, and environmental problems corn feeding operations incur.
If consumers create a demand for more sustainable grass-fed beef, producers will listen.
------For one person's perspective, check out Jana Ballinger's blog post on this issue.
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# 50:
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7:51 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Ann Sumpter, Tennessee
Please feed cows grass! It's healthier for the cows, and healthier for the humans that eat them. Not only is their meat richer in vitamins; they also don't need to be pumped full of antibiotics because they don't get sick from eating foods they're not supposed to eat! Know that society is realizing what you're doing to farm animals and it won't be tolerated any longer. I think all factory farming is disgraceful. If people are going to eat meat, the animals should be raised free-range and be fed what God intended them to be fed, and they should be killed as humanely as possible. Why shouldn't a cow live out it's life as it was meant to, as opposed to being stuck in a pen with other cows not being able to move around and eating some of the worst stuff on the planet? The picture at the top of this petition is a picture that we should see more often-with all animals |
# 49:
7:46 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 48:
7:46 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Lisa Salazar, California
This is totally cruel and inhumane!
This is totally cruel and inhumane!
# 47:
7:45 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Cara Gubrud, Minnesota
# 46:
7:42 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Claudia Gutierrez, California
# 45:
7:38 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Charles Muehlhof, Pennsylvania
# 44:
7:36 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Elissa Weindling, New York
# 43:
7:27 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Janet Chase, Oregon
# 42:
7:23 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Paul Dodson, Pennsylvania
# 41:
7:21 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Brian Ray, Kentucky
# 40:
7:19 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Donna Selquist, Florida
I oppose it on principle. Personally, I am a vegetarian, and I wish everyone were, but if they can't take that step, at least they can oppose wasting grains on cows. Let the cows eat grass -- it's better for them, anyway!
I oppose it on principle. Personally, I am a vegetarian, and I wish everyone were, but if they can't take that step, at least they can oppose wasting grains on cows. Let the cows eat grass -- it's better for them, anyway!
# 39:
7:18 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Carole Ann Spear, Massachusetts
# 38:
7:17 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Noreen Wentz, Pennsylvania
# 37:
7:15 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, Armed Forces Pacific
# 36:
7:12 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Terri Lampman, Illinois
# 35:
7:11 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Cyndi Glidewell, Tennessee
I'm glad I saw this information. I didn't know about feeding corn to cows. This definitely should stop.
I'm glad I saw this information. I didn't know about feeding corn to cows. This definitely should stop.
# 34:
7:08 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Keith Morris, Vermont
I only eat grassfed beef.
I only eat grassfed beef.
# 33:
7:08 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Narina Wilson, Australia
It is well known that feeding cattle grass is better for all concerned. Vegetarianism is way to go.
It is well known that feeding cattle grass is better for all concerned. Vegetarianism is way to go.
# 32:
7:07 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Georgina Bonduel, Guatemala
# 31:
7:05 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Barbara Lindsey, California
I'm going to quit eating beef as the cost is getting out of control. Besides, most beef is tough and takes forever to chew. Grass is the natural food for cows. It seems that whenever humans get involved in the raising of animals for food, they alter the animals normal diet for cheaper food to make a profit. Corn is not as cheap as it used to be with the farmers selling their corn to make fuel, which is also a waste.
I'm going to quit eating beef as the cost is getting out of control. Besides, most beef is tough and takes forever to chew. Grass is the natural food for cows. It seems that whenever humans get involved in the raising of animals for food, they alter the animals normal diet for cheaper food to make a profit. Corn is not as cheap as it used to be with the farmers selling their corn to make fuel, which is also a waste.
# 30:
6:49 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Bill McGlone, Connecticut
# 29:
6:50 pm PDT, Jun 26,
H L Rankin, Texas
I have cattle of my own, and I know feeding corn is bad for them and not cost-effective anyway.
I have cattle of my own, and I know feeding corn is bad for them and not cost-effective anyway.
# 28:
6:49 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Rachel Zimmerman, New Mexico
# 27:
6:42 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Karin Collins, Georgia
# 26:
6:37 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Emily Atkinson, Massachusetts
Please feed cows grass! It's healthier for the cows, and healthier for the humans that eat them. Not only is their meat richer in vitamins; they also don't need to be pumped full of antibiotics because they don't get sick from eating foods they're not supposed to eat! Know that society is realizing what you're doing to farm animals and it won't be tolerated any longer.
Please feed cows grass! It's healthier for the cows, and healthier for the humans that eat them. Not only is their meat richer in vitamins; they also don't need to be pumped full of antibiotics because they don't get sick from eating foods they're not supposed to eat! Know that society is realizing what you're doing to farm animals and it won't be tolerated any longer.
# 25:
6:31 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Nick Zeis, Canada
# 24:
6:30 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Lisa Trotta, Connecticut
I think all factory farming is disgraceful. If people are going to eat meat, the animals should be raised free-range and be fed what God intended them to be fed, and they should be killed as humanely as possible. Why shouldn't a cow live out it's life as it was meant to, as opposed to being stuck in a pen with other cows not being able to move around and eating some of the worst stuff on the planet? The picture at the top of this petition is a picture that we should see more often-with all animals.
I think all factory farming is disgraceful. If people are going to eat meat, the animals should be raised free-range and be fed what God intended them to be fed, and they should be killed as humanely as possible. Why shouldn't a cow live out it's life as it was meant to, as opposed to being stuck in a pen with other cows not being able to move around and eating some of the worst stuff on the planet? The picture at the top of this petition is a picture that we should see more often-with all animals.
# 23:
6:16 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Elaine Fischer, Texas
# 22:
6:11 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 21:
6:08 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Patrick O'Neil, New Mexico
# 20:
6:03 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
# 19:
5:58 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Linda Saldana, Ohio
# 18:
5:50 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Janet Davis Photography, Virginia
# 17:
5:45 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Michael Johnson, Illinois
# 16:
5:37 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Gale Weaner, Texas
# 15:
5:36 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Nicholas Rushin, Pennsylvania
I'm a vegetarian.
I'm a vegetarian.
# 14:
5:34 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Ann Marie Kotlik, Pennsylvania
# 13:
5:31 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Andrea Chisari, Florida
# 12:
5:26 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Shannon Saldana, Ohio
# 11:
5:22 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 10:
5:22 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 9:
5:21 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
I am a vegan. I do not eat meat, dairy, eggs, or honey. I do not use any animal product or any product that was tested on animals. I do not use animals as forms of entertainment. It's plain and simple; meat is murder. It is torture and it is suicide. Animals are not ours to eat. Eating meat just isn't fair.
I am a vegan. I do not eat meat, dairy, eggs, or honey. I do not use any animal product or any product that was tested on animals. I do not use animals as forms of entertainment. It's plain and simple; meat is murder. It is torture and it is suicide. Animals are not ours to eat. Eating meat just isn't fair.
# 8:
5:18 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, New York
# 7:
5:16 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Mark Lainer, Florida
# 6:
5:11 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Patricia Davis, Texas
# 5:
5:11 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Diana Starratt, Florida
# 4:
5:10 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Bonnie Elsten, California
I have read the book The Omnivores Dilemma and learned that corn was never meant to be eaten by cows. Cows should be grass fed. Feed lots are polluting the air, the soil, and water. Corn fed cows produce more methane (they fart).
I have read the book The Omnivores Dilemma and learned that corn was never meant to be eaten by cows. Cows should be grass fed. Feed lots are polluting the air, the soil, and water. Corn fed cows produce more methane (they fart).
# 3:
5:06 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Cassandra Green, Arkansas
# 2:
5:01 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, New York
# 1:
5:01 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Tawnya Shields, Mississippi
I'm vegetarian!
I'm vegetarian!