Grass Fed Action Alert

GRASS FED ACTION ALERT

USDA Regulation Can Potentially Destroy Grass Farming

     The USDA has published for comment grassfed standards to define what the term Grass Fed means.  This claim defines grassfed to mean animals who receive 99% of their lifetime energy supply from grass and forage.  However, it falls short of defining where this forage diet can be fed.  To most consumers the term Grassfed means cattle humanely raised in grass pastures from birth to harvest, the way nature intended.   The USDA proposal would allow animals to be kept in confinement, fed harvested forage, corn silage and other grains that have not been separated from their stalks.  If this proposed claim passes into regulation you could see feedlot beef fed antibiotics, hormones and legally be labeled Grassfed Beef.

     We feel so strongly about this we are asking for your help in responding to the USDA.  We are quite sure you don't want Grass Fed cattle standing in confinement for 160 to 220 days, without shade, eating corn silage and being fed antibiotics and growth hormones.  We ask you to please take the time to insure the term Grass Fed Beef means range or pasture raised not Factory Farmed, confinement raised.