Sunday, January 14, 2018

The Benefits Of Allnatural Pastured Pork

By Brian Collins


There are so many benefits to having livestock raised this way that go directly to the consumer. One of the top advantages of allnatural pastured pork is that the nutritional value of the meat that comes from these animals is undeniably increased. It is also known that this style of raising animals results in meat with less fat, something that many people are looking for.

The ethical treatment of animals has become a top concern for many consumers. They want to know where their food comes from and how the animals were raised and treated. People now know much more about an animal's capacity to suffer.

When animals are allowed to roam free on a pasture, they will eat whatever comes naturally to them and they are able to get exercise, leading to a healthier animal than those that are confined. Cows that are raised like this are called grass-fed because grass is essentially all that they eat. Animals like pigs and chickens have a more diverse diet, so they are called all-natural or free-range.

Those who have realized how horribly animals can be treated often are plagued with guilt. It is important to remember that this is no one person's fault. The entire food industry has been responsible for this for a long time.

One thing a person can do if they are unable to afford to buy this type of food regularly is simply to advocate the ethical treatment of livestock in any way that they can. As more people seriously discuss this issue, more will become aware of its seriousness and the real benefits of these ethical alternatives. This spreading of awareness and keeping it in the public consciousness can help drive down the prices and make these foods more available.

Concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, are the technical term for factory farms. These are easy to spot because they confine a large number of animals in a small space for a long time. Inevitably these kinds of operations lead to horrible living conditions for the animals.

The health risks associated with factory farms are terrifying. These operations are known to have very low standards of hygiene simply because of how many so-called "animal units" are confined there. Manure runoff can contaminate rivers and streams, putting people at risk of many diseases like E. Coli.

It is revolting what kinds of things animals are fed on factory farms. It seems like common sense that whatever food we give to the animals we eat will affect the people who eat those animals. In spite of this, factory farms feed their animals a variety of waste products including plastic, their own manure, and anything else to help them gain weight regardless of its toxicity.




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