A Sane System Wouldn’t Have Mad Cows
by Elizabeth Sawin
— January 20, 2004 —
Well, now we can rest easy.
New safeguards against mad cow disease are in place, and our confidence in the safety of the meat supply has been restored. That’s what the headlines are proclaiming, anyway. But at least among my family and friends, confidence in the multi-billion-dollar beef industry isn’t rising very quickly.
Instead of being [...]
An Ode to the Cow and the Milk
By Donella Meadows
–January 25, 2001—-
Years ago, when I went out to my new chicken house and found the very first freshly laid egg, I stared at it in awe. “How did that hen DO that?” I wondered. She takes in grain and bugs and kitchen scraps and turns them into an EGG! Shell on the outside, white and yolk on [...]
BGH – Not The Only Choice
Comparing the full effects of chemically-generated increases in milk production — with a non-chemical alternative
By Donella Meadows
–Spring 1994–
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of bioengineered bovine growth hormone (bGH), dairy farmers – and consumers – have some crucial decisions to make.
The risks and possible payoffs of the bGH decision are laid out in detail in a [...]
