organic meats
Hi everyone,
Just wondering if I need to be concerned about the “naturally grown”
lamb I eat. Do they feed antibiotics and hormones to lamb? I know
that “natural” label doesn’t always guarantee this. I was also
wondering if you all know of a place to buy venison (don’t hang out
with any hunters. Thanks!
Peace, Lisa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:46 pm
Hi. Lisa,
‘Naturally grown’ doesn’t mean a thing. You have to know your producer.
We used to raise lambs for the market and never used antibiotics or hormones. It
just isn’t needed when you keep your animals as clean as feasable. But then
there are some herds , that number in the thousands and the growers end up
giving routine antibiotics, “just in case”.So your best bet would be to talk to
whoever raises the meat you are planning to eat.
On the venison I have no idea. (My husband doesn’t even go hunting any more
either)
Emmi
October 31st, 2004 at 9:43 pm
I have been told that non- organic lamb is one of the safer meats one can
buy, if one cannot afford or get hold of organic. Apparently, lamb cannot
be reared intensively (unlike poultry, pig or cattle) and spend most of
their lives in the outdoors anyway. They can of course still be given
routine antibiotics, but at least because they are out in the fields and
mountain, they are not given horrible feed with growth hormones.
Lise
Hi everyone,
Just wondering if I need to be concerned about the “naturally grown”
lamb I eat. Do they feed antibiotics and hormones to lamb? I know
that “natural” label doesn’t always guarantee this. I was also
wondering if you all know of a place to buy venison (don’t hang out
with any hunters. Thanks!
Peace, Lisa