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Say No to Corn-Fed Beef, Save the Planet

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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.

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For one person's perspective, check out Jana Ballinger's blog post on this issue.

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goal: 10,000

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I pledge to promote humane, sustainable beef production by:

When purchasing beef, choosing grass-fed beef whenever possible*

Requesting local grocery stores and restaurants to provide grass-fed beef

Educating myself and others about the differences between grass-fed and corn-fed beef

(*If your local grocers and restaurants refuse to purchase grass-fed beef, you can find it online.)

We signed the “Say No to Corn-Fed Beef, Save the Planet” petition!

# 150:

7:49 am PDT, Jun 27, Beth Caldwell, Massachusetts

# 149:

7:47 am PDT, Jun 27, Emily Henson, Switzerland

# 148:

7:47 am PDT, Jun 27, Alice Olivo, Italy

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7:43 am PDT, Jun 27, Miranda Fitzgerald, Kentucky

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7:41 am PDT, Jun 27, Ellen Delaney, Massachusetts

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7:36 am PDT, Jun 27, Sage River, Iowa

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7:33 am PDT, Jun 27, Christina Beeson, Spain

# 143:

7:27 am PDT, Jun 27, Karin Dalesky, Washington

# 142:

7:23 am PDT, Jun 27, Anah McMahon, Illinois
Grass-fed beef is more superior in all aspects- human health, the animal's health, the environment, etc. Let's educate!

# 141:

7:23 am PDT, Jun 27, Rachel Klempel, Montana

# 140:

7:18 am PDT, Jun 27, Sheree Aramini, New Jersey

# 139:

7:12 am PDT, Jun 27, Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin

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7:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Michael Barth, California

# 137:

6:54 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, California

# 136:

6:33 am PDT, Jun 27, Sarah Helms, Michigan

# 135:

6:24 am PDT, Jun 27, Vidya Sims, California

# 134:

6:23 am PDT, Jun 27, Alex Ross, Illinois
Cows are not supposed to even eat corn, it's unnatural and unhealthy for them and the consumer, especially when the feed corn is contaminated with genetic modification.

# 133:

6:10 am PDT, Jun 27, Daniel Goldman, New York

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6:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Eileen Sarett-Cuasay, Virginia

# 131:

5:57 am PDT, Jun 27, Fred Fall, New Jersey

# 130:

5:50 am PDT, Jun 27, Adriana Aquino, Paraguay

# 129:

5:43 am PDT, Jun 27, Vicky Farmer, Mississippi
I never knew the difference; thank you for educating me. If corn causes cows to have discomfort and it attributes to global warming then it should be STOPPED!

# 128:

5:39 am PDT, Jun 27, Kenneth Lapointe, Canada
Corn-fed beef is unatural. It should be stopped.

# 127:

5:37 am PDT, Jun 27, Kay Beams, Minnesota
This is cruel and must be stopped. 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.

# 126:

5:36 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Illinois

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5:33 am PDT, Jun 27, Michelle Trammell, Virginia

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5:29 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Colorado

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5:26 am PDT, Jun 27, Morgen S Daily, Washington

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5:24 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Virginia

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5:21 am PDT, Jun 27, Christina Pertz, Ohio

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5:11 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Illinois

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5:09 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Connecticut

# 118:

5:05 am PDT, Jun 27, Eva Holmberg, Sweden
Let animals live as natural a life as possible! We humans have no right to be cruel to others.

# 117:

5:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Natasha Polychuk, Canada
It's cruel and unhealthy. I love animals so I will stick with eating a healthy vegan diet like I have been for years. Go vegan!

# 116:

5:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Delaney Hansen, Michigan

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4:56 am PDT, Jun 27, Lorraine Petro, Connecticut

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4:53 am PDT, Jun 27, Jim Phillips, California

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4:32 am PDT, Jun 27, Massimiliano Druda, Italy

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4:30 am PDT, Jun 27, Laura Gamba, Italy

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4:10 am PDT, Jun 27, Katherine Cadury, Switzerland

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4:07 am PDT, Jun 27, Cindy Bushway, Florida

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4:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Barbara Tatti, Italy

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4:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Alessandro Barracciu, Italy

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3:52 am PDT, Jun 27, Christina Willms, Germany

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3:45 am PDT, Jun 27, Bill Craig, Germany

# 105:

3:41 am PDT, Jun 27, Laura Tatti, Italy

# 104:

3:36 am PDT, Jun 27, Carolyn Barnes, New York

# 103:

3:24 am PDT, Jun 27, Kim Gelinas, Massachusetts
While I don't eat meat, I feel it's important that the beef that comes to market be handled in the most humane and sustainable way possible.

# 102:

3:24 am PDT, Jun 27, Erika Stone, Virginia

# 101:

2:56 am PDT, Jun 27, Amy Harmon, Indiana

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