(Meat)Its whats for Dinner

 Part of my English paper ! About Organic, Locally grown or raised, or Industrialized meat, mainly cattle.  I put my citations at the bottom didn't have time to fill them in. Let me know what you think! Whats your choice in meat or didyou know there were different kinds.

There are two main categories when it comes to choosing meat whether it’s locally grown or organic they tend to be healthier for the consumer. Organic means that the livestock have access outside and have been fed only organically grown food for at least a year. The cattle only are not allowed to be treated with antibiotics or growth hormones. Locally grown or raised only refers to food grown or raised within a hundred mile radius, some places it’s two hundred and fifty miles. Another place it is simply defined as food within a “day’s leisurely drive from your home”( ). This however does not mean that the food you are getting locally grown or raised is organic. Farms located anywhere can use growth hormones and especially antibiotics for their animals health.( )

A huge difference between cattle that is organic or industrial is what in the animals diet. Note that there is a ban on “feeding mammalian and poultry slaughter by-products to organic mammals and poultry.”( ) The Industrial non-organic meat regulations allows this feeding to their livestock and cattle. Eventually in 1997 the FDA stepped in a little to prohibit cattle brain and spinal tissue to be fed to the cattle. They have only stated that they will ban blood, poultry litter, and human food wastes but no laws have been set and words do not always speak louder than action. Along with Gelatin, that comes from hooves of cattle and other species, and rendered pork and horse protein, non-organic cattle do not sound very appetizing.

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements(IFOAM) is an organization that looks out for organic farming organizations. They put together a set of guidelines or “principles for organic farming”. Within this list of principles are : principle of health, principle of ecology, principle of fairness, principle of care. This set of guidelines are to show the world that they are concerned not just about the environment but of many positive things.