I Walk In This World

Last night my friend Nancy and I went to dinner at a local burrito restaurant (not Chipotle).  We needed some girl time and it was fantastic sitting and eating with my friend…and her beautiful gorgeous perfect baby girl!

Honestly.  She is the most perfect little human ever.  I love her to pieces.  And if any baby-model agents read my blog, and want to enroll this little beaut in a baby modeling career…email me!

Anyway, when we were standing in line to order, the dude behind the counter offered up that the restaurant had recently started selling local grass-fed beef.  I asked him a bit about it, and he was totally informed.  He told me the name of the farm and the nearby county the meat is coming from.  Fantastic!

So in order to put my money (actually Nancy paid…so it was Nancy’s money) where my mouth is, I ordered it up!

• burrito bowl (no tortilla) with:
• black beans
• brown rice
• grass-fed local beef
• pineapple-jalapeno salsa
• lettuce
• tomato
• diet Coke to drink

Thx for dinner Nancypants!

Ethical Eating SPOTLIGHT

Why Grass-fed is better.

Animals that are grass-fed are not being sent to feedlots to be fattened on grain, soy and other supplements often laced with hormones, heavy metals, and other animal wastes or by-products.  Animals allowed to forage on pasture are healthier because they are feeding on their native diet. Because grass-fed animals are not subjected to factory farm stress and subsequent illness from confined operations, unsanitary conditions, and massively unhealthy grain diets (which cows cannot digest), there is no need to treat these animals with hormones or feed them growth-promoting additives. Thus the animals grow at a normal pace, rather than the 7-9 months it takes to fatten a cow for slaughter via feed-lot methods. 

Raising animals on their native diet is better for the environment because high-quality grasses require healthy soil and careful pasture management so that the plants are maintained at an optimal stage of growth. 

“Animals raised in factory farms are given diets designed to boost their productivity and lower costs. The main ingredients in factory farm feed are genetically modified grain and soy that are kept at artificially low prices by government subsidies. To further cut costs, the feed may also contain ‘by-product feedstuff’ such as municipal garbage, stale pastry, chicken feathers, and candy. Until 1997, U.S. cattle were also being fed meat that had been trimmed from other cattle, in effect turning herbivores into carnivores. This unnatural practice is believed to be the underlying cause of BSE or ‘mad cow disease.’”

By supporting farms that promote native grazing and grass-fed livestock, you are voting NO to feed-lots and Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).  You are voting NO to:

• Animal stress and abuse
• Air, land, and water pollution
• The unnecessary use of hormones, antibiotics, and other drugs
• Low-paid, stressful farm work
• The loss of small family farms
• Food with less nutritional value

Source: http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html

If you have any other questions about grass-fed, check out the link above or email me.

After Nancy dropped me off at home, I buckled down with the laptop and played on the internet did work.

Boo.

I’ve been running out of time in the mornings to photo and eat Breks at home, so I’ve started prepping it the night before, popping it in the fridge, and throwing it in my work bag to eat at my desk.

Yes.  I am that sad.

The process…

Microwave eggwhite cup filled with whites and peppers.

toasty english muffin

the required ingredient

all together now

Et voila.  I would like to point out that the foil you see above is 100% from recycled aluminum sources.  Reynolds is selling this now.  Check it out!

Let me know how you felt about today’s Ethical Eating Spotlight!

Ciao,

Er