http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/30/study-confirms-the-need-for-more-sustainable-livestock-farming/ Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle Wed, 23 May 2012 02:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/30/study-confirms-the-need-for-more-sustainable-livestock-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Megan McWilliams Thu, 01 May 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/30/study-confirms-the-need-for-more-sustainable-livestock-farming/#comment-597 last night, boston legal, had a story line about cloning animals for food production - beef, pork, etc. i fell asleep in the middle of it, so i don't know where the argument went. the show usually tries to bring in some very real issues to raise awareness (or sometimes just to capitalize on controversial issues, of course). before i passed out, i heard one of the arguments against cloning of cattle was that the animals born from cloning have seriously compromised immune systems and need large amounts of anti-biotics just to survive - enough that they feel it could start raising pharmaceutical anti-biotic levels in humans who consume the meat from these animals. i've heard and read some of this stuff, but reading your post this morning just underscored my reason for being a very cautious carnivore - i used to be vegetarian. i only eat meat when i know exactly where it came from and how the animals were raised and treated. when i'm out at parties or restaurants, if i don't know where the meat came from, i revert to vegetarian style. great post. last night, boston legal, had a story line about cloning animals for food production – beef, pork, etc. i fell asleep in the middle of it, so i don’t know where the argument went. the show usually tries to bring in some very real issues to raise awareness (or sometimes just to capitalize on controversial issues, of course). before i passed out, i heard one of the arguments against cloning of cattle was that the animals born from cloning have seriously compromised immune systems and need large amounts of anti-biotics just to survive – enough that they feel it could start raising pharmaceutical anti-biotic levels in humans who consume the meat from these animals. i’ve heard and read some of this stuff, but reading your post this morning just underscored my reason for being a very cautious carnivore – i used to be vegetarian. i only eat meat when i know exactly where it came from and how the animals were raised and treated. when i’m out at parties or restaurants, if i don’t know where the meat came from, i revert to vegetarian style. great post.

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