Growth Enhancers and Appearance Techniques
March 13, 2009
Hi I’m Shane Johns
My issue is against using growth enhancers in any beef, swine, poultry, or any other meat products.
I guess the only reason I can think of for being against this is how I was brought up and the way I was raised. You see where I come from I was taught that a little hard work never hurt anyone, always get the job done right no matter how long it takes, and never make somebody do something that you wouldn’t do yourself.
Now this is the way we do every thing in our farm, our day, and even our lives. So if you get beef or eggs from us you know there’s nothing that we wouldn’t eat. Statistics say that nearly 80% of todays beef has been injected with a growth hormone at some point in time.
For more on this go to www.beeftechnologies.com
So when you say that you’re using growth enhancers to help your beef along, I don’t agree with that. Neither would a lot of farmers I know, we raise our animals with the strength of our backs and the sweat of our brow, nothing more nothing less and it really ticks me off that some people do this kind of junk just to speed up the job.
I understand it’s just business but let’s think about it, would you eat some of the beef that you raise? Some of the stuff that these industrial farmers raise I wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot-pole.
Another point against this is that commercial farmers use bleach so that they have more white eggs from their chickens. Nearly all of the eggs you see on the market today are bleached white simply because they look a little neater.Then they are all sprayed with a coating so that they look shiny and polished. Look brown eggs aren’t dirty, they’re just healthier because they aren’t sprayed with pesticides, coatings and bleach.
For more info, go to www.petalumapoultry.com
Finally we come to the swine, which I’ve never owned personally, but I know the problem is growing in that market too. For example, in Vietnam, it was reported that 47 out of 428 swine had chemicals that were toxic enough to humans to kill people. If we let this continue this could be the way it becones in th U.S.
So to finish up I just have one simple inquiry to ask you. Do you want to have to worry about toxic chemicals in your Christmas turkey next year? Our how about hormones in your Easter ham? Just questions to think about for the future.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Shane -
Awesome job on the article, chief. I thought you focused well on the issue and I can see that you’re very passionate about it. After reading this article I definitely agree with you, there’s plenty of farms across the U.S. and it’s important that anything anyone is going to eat is natural and healthy. Industrial farming is dangerous and I think that it’s definitely possible to transform those techniques into a safer, more natural and wholesome way of going about things. From now on I’ll try not to judge my eggs by there color, or any food by it’s appearance for that matter. I’ll also make sure I know where my food is coming from.
March 24th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Shane I agree that everything people eat should be natural and not be grown industrially. I like the fact that you pointed out things like the beef enhancement that industrial farmers use to make there cows bigger to sell them faster. I believe that all beef should be naturally grown and raised without enhancing drugs.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Shane,
I agree with everything you said about the meat problem in this county. Farmers are now feeding cows “drugs” to enhance its meat. I really liked your article.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Thanks for the reply Gabs
I agree with you for agreeing with me
March 29th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Thank you for your reply Duell. I appreciate you having the same view on this subject as I do.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Thanks for the reply Mick, I’m glad you enjoyed my article.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Shane,
As far as I’m concerned, I prefer local farm grown meat and produce. Some of us are too trustworthy of the food that we eat. Without knowing what is used to grow and preserve the food, we can be setting ourselves up for many health problems.
Mrs. Wolfgang
March 30th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I couldn’t agree with you more Mrs. Wolfgang, in fact my family has not bought any beef or poultry products since late 2001 when we bought some roast beef. If we could all learn to lay off the quick and easy and lean towards what feels right then, maybe we could make the world a better place.