Holy Cow

Have you ever kissed a cow's big wet nose? Have you ever looked into those gigantic eyes? I have. And as much as I want to pet and snuggle those mammoth ruminants I would still head over to Five Guys for that delicious cheeseburger.

Now I'm not saying I will never eat one again. But I'm pretty sure it won't be from Five Guys because I'm pretty sure I'm done supporting corn-fed cattle from feedlots.

Cows do not naturally eat corn. It actually makes them sick. Thus antibiotics. Corn is abnormal to their systems. They eat grass. That's what they were born to do.

But you see, cows who eat only grass take 4 to 5 years to reach the proper weight for us to take their meat. That's too slow for the industrial food chain. We need them plumped up in 16 months tops. Bring on the corn! And the fat from previous killed cows (still USDA approved)! And the antibiotics to keep them going until slaughter! And after inhaling this lovely cornucopia, they hang out/sleep in their own manure so they are pretty dirty most of the time. It is a fact that some of these feces end up in the beef we eat since standards say please slaughter 400 cows an hour. Well, there just isn't time to clean up.

Clearly it upsets me. I'm supporting a food chain that causes suffering. And not just the suffering of the cow. You are what you eat. These guys are sick. Corn causes damage to their blood and their livers. We eat that meat. What must it do to us?

All I ask is this. Think about buying the grass-fed over the corn-fed. And then do it.