Antibiotics
Mar 15, 2009 farming, sustainable agriculture
And because I know it will get lost in the bottom of my ridiculously long previous post and I want people to discuss it…
People want meat from animals that haven’t been treated with antibiotics. Why? There’s a big difference between treating a sick animal and feeding an animal antibiotics as a rule to prevent them from getting sick in the first place.
To paraphrase Claverach’s, Sam Hilmer (who is in fact organic—though not legally because it’s pricey): “People are so concerned with all this organic business–and whether their meat is organically fed—but you’ve never met an organic human.”
Tags: Claverach Farms, Sam Hilmer
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