FDA announced there IS arsenic in chicken

[flyboyx]

I just like to eat meat because I like it. I honestly don't even eat very much red meat anymore, maybe like 1-2 times per month, really. I love chicken and fish though, pork too. I don't think I could live without chicken.

actual chicken itself contains less fat than other supermarket foods but chicken from the grocery store or your average restaurant is much worse than beef when it comes to hormones and other shit pumped into the animal to make the breast meat big and fat and marketable.

it is generally accepted that eating chicken and the hormones in the meat is the reason why kids today reach puberty in 1st or second grade instead of 6th or 7th like they used to.

other than less fat, i believe poultry is much worse for you now days than any other type of supermarket meat.


all this shit we have been talking about in this thread is pretty much accepted now as truth. i wish there was some way we could change the world for the better by bitching about this here.

[herbivor]

So this is an honest and serious question. GMOs are just hyper-bred, aren't they? I mean, carrots are technically GMOs because they used to be mostly purple, but the orange varieties were bred in and replaced the purple ones. It's like any other technology; it only becomes evil when it's used for evil. GMOs have done a lot of helpful things for our food too, from the convenient (seedless grapes for example) to the safer (pest-resistant plants). Am I missing that much?.

the term "GMO" is misleading. All of the food we eat has technically been genetically modified over the last thousands of years by our selective farming practices, but "GMO" food should be more accurately called "transgenic", which is the practice of transferring genes from one species to another in a lab. Scientists are playing with the genetic make-up of food without really knowing the long term consequences. I'm not for or against them because I don't know the long term impact of transgenic plants. Some say it will be the only way to feed the growing population and they may be right. Only time will tell.

[ELVA164]

You don't like the thought of GMO food that can take being doused in Round Up, and has to be handled by people in Hazmat suits being on your plate?

So this is an honest and serious question. GMOs are just hyper-bred, aren't they? I mean, carrots are technically GMOs because they used to be mostly purple, but the orange varieties were bred in and replaced the purple ones. It's like any other technology; it only becomes evil when it's used for evil. GMOs have done a lot of helpful things for our food too, from the convenient (seedless grapes for example) to the safer (pest-resistant plants). Am I missing that much?

Go ahead and youtube some videos on how chicken nuggets are made. You'll be a vegetarian in no time.

Don't forget the meat-eating fence-sitter's favorite: turkey bacon. Holy crap is that horrifying.

[Jand3rson]

It's nice to see you care about eating poison. Most people unfortunately don't. But hopefully more and more people like yourself will become educated and the general public will begin to demand better quality.
Giving up meat is really not a big deal. I don't understand why so many people act like eating meat is somehow attached to their manliness or personal freedom. Go ahead and youtube some videos on how chicken nuggets are made. You'll be a vegetarian in no time.

I just like to eat meat because I like it. I honestly don't even eat very much red meat anymore, maybe like 1-2 times per month, really. I love chicken and fish though, pork too. I don't think I could live without chicken.

[herbivor]

It's nice to see you care about eating poison. Most people unfortunately don't. But hopefully more and more people like yourself will become educated and the general public will begin to demand better quality.
Giving up meat is really not a big deal. I don't understand why so many people act like eating meat is somehow attached to their manliness or personal freedom. Go ahead and youtube some videos on how chicken nuggets are made. You'll be a vegetarian in no time.

[Pac1373]

you are my hero. i wouldn't raise pigs(they smell ten times worse than all the other animals you listed combined). you might consider sheep though if you like the taste of lamb/mutton. not as hardy as a goat but they taste better.

how many acres do you have?

haha, thanks. yea pigs are pretty bad if you have several for sure, I would raise one for food, and one to sell to pay for the food one.

we are thinking goats for cheese/milk. but sheep are a good thought as well. I know if you spin your own wool, it can sell for good dollars.

i have to be pretty careful of what crops I plant though as I want to stay chemical free, and only have about 7 acres of open field. the house lot with the home,shop,large barn, and storage barn are roughly 2 more acres. I have all the animal room I need, but maybe not as much field as I would have liked.

[dougie30]

That is a horror story right there...

My wife and I just bought a small farm, and have already added to our chicken flock. fresh egg's every day, and in a couple months fresh chickens, never been fed or shot full of hormones/antibiotics etc...
looking to add a couple of pig's and 1-2 goats, a meat cow, and 1 milker in the next little while. should be self sufficient food wise within a year.

once you become somewhat aware of all the crap involved in Corporate food production, it kind of hurts your mind to consider eating processed food as "normal". and I might add, pretty much everyone lived this way up until WW2 or so, it isn't some weird "alternative lifestyle" thing. self sustainability is pretty awesome.

I would love to do this when I'm older and have more money. Until then its this bull shit that I'm forced to eat.

[dougie30]

My friends used to make fun of my parents for raising chickens and using meat that my Uncle raises from beef cows. I am 100% against processed foods, and yes the shit you buy in the store is garbage. If it is not farm raised, you can bet it is pumped with all types of shit.

I will enjoy killing chickens for the rest of my life and slaughtering a cow each year. People wonder why cancer and other illness are so common now. You are what you eat.

This x100000000!! Is my point pretty much

[flyboyx]

That is a horror story right there...

My wife and I just bought a small farm, and have already added to our chicken flock. fresh egg's every day, and in a couple months fresh chickens, never been fed or shot full of hormones/antibiotics etc...
looking to add a couple of pig's and 1-2 goats, a meat cow, and 1 milker in the next little while. should be self sufficient food wise within a year.

once you become somewhat aware of all the crap involved in Corporate food production, it kind of hurts your mind to consider eating processed food as "normal". and I might add, pretty much everyone lived this way up until WW2 or so, it isn't some weird "alternative lifestyle" thing. self sustainability is pretty awesome.

you are my hero. i wouldn't raise pigs(they smell ten times worse than all the other animals you listed combined). you might consider sheep though if you like the taste of lamb/mutton. not as hardy as a goat but they taste better.

how many acres do you have?

[Pac1373]

Next assignment. Start reading up on Monsanto.

That is a horror story right there...

My wife and I just bought a small farm, and have already added to our chicken flock. fresh egg's every day, and in a couple months fresh chickens, never been fed or shot full of hormones/antibiotics etc...
looking to add a couple of pig's and 1-2 goats, a meat cow, and 1 milker in the next little while. should be self sufficient food wise within a year.

once you become somewhat aware of all the crap involved in Corporate food production, it kind of hurts your mind to consider eating processed food as "normal". and I might add, pretty much everyone lived this way up until WW2 or so, it isn't some weird "alternative lifestyle" thing. self sustainability is pretty awesome.

[giantkeeper]

All I saw were statements, where was the analytical? What levels of arsenic?

[F34R]

1+ on fresh eggs, we get all ours from a farm up the road. Picked each morning for 3 bucks for a dozen.

[Jand3rson]

wait what if you eat organic free range chicken, I'm assuming I'm good there

Exactly what I eat, and why I don't eat fast food or processed food anymore. I haven't eaten fast food in over 6 months. Only eat organic meats, also.

Same with eggs. Try organic/fresh eggs, you'll never be able to eat regular store-bought ones again. The average carton of eggs in the grocery store contains eggs that are anywhere from 4-8 weeks old by the time they actually GET to the store.

[mrsleeve]

have read up on them. What they do is so fucked up. You all need to watch the movie food inc.

It sheds so light on what's going on with our food.

Food inc is not where you should be getting your information on this kinda thing

That said, you all act so surprised by this kinda thing

[F34R]

My friends used to make fun of my parents for raising chickens and using meat that my Uncle raises from beef cows. I am 100% against processed foods, and yes the shit you buy in the store is garbage. If it is not farm raised, you can bet it is pumped with all types of shit.

I will enjoy killing chickens for the rest of my life and slaughtering a cow each year. People wonder why cancer and other illness are so common now. You are what you eat.