Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not what you'd call a "believer" Greg. I take it all in as information; with full knowledge that anything I read, see, hear qualifies as only a small fragment of the picture often referred to as reality. ;~) Agree whole heartedly with your thoughts on our corn based food supply; and buying local food to whatever extent possible. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 31, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > > imagist3 at mac.com writes: > >> >> wasn't all that long ago that I read headlines about >> the EU refusing importation of US meat >> <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113314725> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser > > George, > > You shouldn't believe everything you read. When it comes to trade barriers > to food production imports 99% of the reason forsuch bans or reduced > quotas is political. > > I avoid consumption of most meat raised in the US, as both beef cattle and > chicken, are fed far too much corn in their diets and there are far too > many feedlots fattening cattle run by large corporations rather then > family farms. > > Best to buy local and visit the farm if you can that raises the food you > buy. > > Greg Lorenzo > Calgary, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information