I Can't Believe Our Cows Eat Twinkies... (Part Uno)

And NO,



not this kind of Twinkie.


This Kind:



So, yesterday, Will and I learned that non-organic livestock in the U.S. is being fed EXPIRED JUNK FOOD. I'm talking about twinkies, cheetos, peanut butter cups, etc. It just keeps getting better... I'm just SO FUCKING DISTURBED BY THIS!! I can't believe that farmers think this is OKAY... I can't believe it.

So, when parents think that they're feeding their children chicken, pork, or beef, THOSE poor animals have been fed corn (which is NOT in their natural diet and has no nutritional value whatsoever), but also EXPIRED JUNK FOOD???

That's just not okay... THIS IS NOT OKAY!

It's like they're inadvertently poisoning the American public.

When I posted this on my facebook page, Whit Honea commented and said, "That's crazy. Twinkies don't expire."

*snort*

But seriously... How is this okay??

It's not.

My head's going to explode... into like... Pop Rocks or something.



Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat. "In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk."

From Mongabay.com:

"Besides trail mix, pigs and cattle are downing cookies, licorice, cheese curls, candy bars, french fries, frosted wheat cereal and peanut-butter cups. Some farmers mix chocolate powder with cereal and feed it to baby pigs," writes Lauren Etter. "California farmers are feeding farm animals grape-skins from vineyards and lemon-pulp from citrus groves. Cattle ranchers in spud-rich Idaho are buying truckloads of uncooked french fries, Tater Tots and hash browns."

"In Pennsylvania, farmers are turning to candy bars and snack foods because of the many food manufacturers nearby. Hershey Co. sells farmers waste cocoa and the trimmings from wafers that go into its Kit Kat bars. At Nissin Foods, maker of Top Ramen and Cup Noodles, farmers drive to a Lancaster, Pa., factory and load up on scraps of the squiggly dried noodles, which pile up in bins beneath the assembly line," she continues. (source)

With Corn Prices Rising, Pigs Switch To Fatty Snacks


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