Renee Baude | Food School: a 31 day course (Day 12-feed lot “art”)

This summer I grew rosemary, thyme, cilantro, basil, mint and sage in containers on my deck–it took up very little space and my yield was incredible–even when I forgot to water them :-)

My garden was on the smaller size yet I had more strawberries, cucumbers, several varieties of tomatoes . . . than I could eat.

So you can imagine when I saw these aerial shots of a feedlot. I am amazed at how many thousands of acres it takes to “grow” beef.

I’m still trying to understand it all. We grow the genetically modified corn, to feed the cow, the cow stands in his own crap, then kill them and hose them down with more antibiotics . . . I’m sure there is more to the story . . . and I’m completely over simplifying the situation. But however the story is told–there is NOT a happy ending.

I don’t understand it and I think the cattle farmers want it that way! But I know if I had that much space–I could grow a lot of strawberries!

The pictures are abstract and beautiful in a sad way. I encourage you to look at them to see a sliver of beauty among such an ugly situation.

I urge you to find your local farmer who has grass-fed cows in a manner that is gentle to the earth. Eat Wild is a searchable website that is awesome!

Eat with LOVE: Local, Organic, Vegetables, Everyday.

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