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...jeans, white cowboy hat, Texas twang--was a rancher like any other in the southern Great Plains. He crowded his cattle onto pasture sprayed with weed killers and fertilizers. When they were half grown, he shipped them in diesel-fueled trucks to huge feedlots. There they were stuffed with corn and soy--pesticide treated, of course--and implanted with synthetic hormones to make them grow faster. To prevent disease, they were given antibiotics. They were trucked again to slaughterhouses, butchered and shrink-wrapped for far-flung supermarkets. "It was the chemical solution to everything," Taggart recalls...
...makes sense. Grass is a low-starch, high-protein fibrous food, in contrast to carbohydrate-rich, low-fiber corn and soybeans. When animals are 100% grass-fed, their meat is not only lower in saturated fats but also slightly higher in omega-3 fatty acids, the healthy fats found in salmon and flaxseed, which studies indicate may help prevent heart disease and bolster the immune system. Ground beef and milk from grass-finished cattle also have more conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which recent data suggest may help prevent breast cancer, diabetes and other ailments. Moreover, grass-finished meat is higher...
...that can fatten 50,000 head a year on high-calorie grain. Until then, cattle grazed on grass their full lives--as they still mostly do in Europe, South America, New Zealand and other beef-producing nations. The new U.S. system grew thanks to vast surpluses of government-subsidized corn and soybeans, produced with modern petroleum-based fertilizers. Traditionally, steers had taken three to four years to fatten on pasture. Today they grow to slaughter size in less than two years--an efficient industrial process that has transformed beef from a luxury meal into a cheap fast food...
...store and prepare them. Meanwhile, she says, she's got more local problems to solve--like what to do with all that leftover canned fruit and vegetables. A 6-lb. 10-oz. can of peaches costs just 13¢, but two of the four main ingredients are corn syrup and sugar. Cooper would rather pay 18¢ for one piece of fresh fruit and consider it an investment in the future...
...high in both sodium and sugar. Michele Simon, founder of the Center for Informed Food Choices, says sugary sports drinks like Capri-Sun Sport are nearly as unhealthy as soda, and recommends that exercising kids opt for water instead. Kraft lists the first three ingredients as water, high fructose corn syrup and sugar, with 16 grams of sugar and 55 milligrams of sodium in every little pouch. "This is just another form of sugar water," Simon says. "Athletes in Florida running marathons may benefit from sports drinks, but for kids doing ordinary exercise, these sports drinks do more harm than...