tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post3782742558180031216..comments2023-09-05T08:45:35.889-07:00Comments on The New Hunter Gatherer: How Eating Grass-Fed Beef Could Help Fight Climate Change -- Printout -- TIMEJustine Raphaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080520616574103086noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-20448136082004314352010-02-07T21:14:22.380-08:002010-02-07T21:14:22.380-08:00Becky--
I am so glad you jumped in to share your ...Becky--<br /><br />I am so glad you jumped in to share your perspective. Yes, there are few farmers striking it rich this way, but we are so very grateful to the ones like you who are providing the best of what was meant to be--so we can all eat the way we were meant to. The farmers selling at our market had to jump through a lot of hoops (don't get me started on THAT) to be able to sell Justine Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080520616574103086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-52345625828687965242010-02-07T19:57:59.248-08:002010-02-07T19:57:59.248-08:00I'm a cattle farmer, mom, wife, homeschooler. ...I'm a cattle farmer, mom, wife, homeschooler. It kills me how the people believe everything the goverment and the news tell them about how bad cows are for the enviroment how rich we are getting selling grass fed calves to be the lockers to be sold as steaks and hamburger yes someone is getting rich but it is not the farmer. Sorry but when we sell a 500lb calf for 75cents a lb. and it Becky Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18093441399549104857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-17258149638470966122010-02-01T15:38:08.533-08:002010-02-01T15:38:08.533-08:00Yes! Coincidentally, this week saw the first gras...Yes! Coincidentally, this week saw the first grass-fed beef offerings at our local farmers market--and there was so much demand that the farmer had to go home for more while his wife sold what little they had left. Yay! It feels like a small piece of sanity has descended.Justine Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080520616574103086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-77286823328602253912010-02-01T13:04:59.282-08:002010-02-01T13:04:59.282-08:00Wow, maybe there is hope!Wow, maybe there is hope!Mrs. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144247274657295271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-11892131369990575272010-01-30T16:15:18.356-08:002010-01-30T16:15:18.356-08:00That's very cool, Maggie! Cows as a conservat...That's very cool, Maggie! Cows as a conservation tool, instead of seeing them as the root of eco-evil . . .I love it.Justine Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080520616574103086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134388583327375652.post-61444363834474413332010-01-30T13:26:08.957-08:002010-01-30T13:26:08.957-08:00Very interesting. We use cows to graze species-ric...Very interesting. We use cows to graze species-rich rough grassland that would otherwise lose its flowers. For us, the cows (only a few) are a <a href="http://www.wheatlandfarm.co.uk/blog09grazing.html" rel="nofollow">conservation tool</a>. I'll send your link to a friend who raises beef commercially, also on a wildlife friendly farm in Devon, UK.Maggie @ Devon green holidayshttp://www.wheatlandfarm.co.uknoreply@blogger.com