Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
The megalithic federal bureaucracy known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is made up of 100,000 employees who are stationed at 4,500 locations across the country. Their mission statement, in part, reads “to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans.”
A recent study by Consumer Reports, however, shows that nourishing Americans consists of feeding them deadly superbugs, food poisoning pathogens, and feces.
While it’s not surprising to the readers of the Free Thought Project that the US government could fail so miserably in their stated mission, this recent study exhibits an unrivaled level of incompetence within this behemoth bureaucracy.
Consumer Reports tested several hundred packages of ground meat from stores across America, and their findings were shocking, to say the least.
According to the report,
New lab tests conducted by Consumer Reports found that of the 300 packages of ground beef purchased in stores across the country, almost all contained bacteria that signified fecal contamination.
More than 40 percent contained Staphylococcus aureus. Almost 20 percent contained Clostridium perfringens, which causes nearly 1 million cases of food poisoning annually, many related to beef.
A significant amount also contained superbugs, bacteria that are resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics. A key reason is the overuse of antibiotics on cattle farms.
The irony here is that local organic farmers who have harmed no one, are being raided by SWAT teams for selling raw milk, eggs, or grass fed beef. Meanwhile, millions of people are getting sick and dying across the country by government-subsidized factory farms.
In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan points out how concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), are dependent upon the cost of corn remaining low.
The government ensures these low corn prices by throwing billions of dollars a year the top 1 percent of corn farms in the United States. Since 1995, a whopping $85 billion has been taken from taxpayers and given to corn producers; all of this so you can have poop in your burger.
Aside from the horrific results of feeding corn to cows, there is also the apocalyptic problem of creating superbugs by massively dosing the factory farmed cattle with antibiotics to counter the horrendously dirty conditions in which they live.
“That practice (heavy use of antibiotics) can lead to the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a major public health problem. If you get sick from these bugs, your infection can be difficult to treat,” said Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., director of Food Safety and Sustainability at Consumer Reports.
The consumer reports study wasn’t all doom and gloom, however. When they tested the sustainably produced, antibiotic-free, grass-fed cattle, they found that these were far less likely to have any of the bacteria.
“This study is significant, because it’s among the largest scientific studies to show that sustainable methods of raising cattle can produce cleaner and safer ground beef,” Rangan said.
Of course, “big government beef” is upset and defensive about these findings. When consumer reports contacted the National Cattleman’s Beef Association for a statement, they received this single comment from Kansas State University professor Mike Apley:
If all cattle were grass-fed, we’d have less beef, and it would be less affordable. Since grass doesn’t grow on pasture year-round in many parts of the country, feed lots evolved to make the most efficient use of land, water, fuel, labor and feed.
Amazingly enough, however, farmers can sustainably raise organic cattle to meet the market demand, without using government subsidized corn. Instead of massive amounts of chemical and mechanical inputs, the organic farmers can plan for the harsh winter months by saving the surplus from summer months.
The good news is that the demand is shifting from factory farmed cattle to sustainable and humanely raised cattle. Despite the best attempts of the USDA to regulate sustainable farms to death, they are thriving as demand increases.
Even some fast food chains are adopting this sustainable method. In December, California-based quick-service chain Carl’s Jr. rolled out the All-Natural Burger, which sources solely grass-fed beef from Austrailia.
Besides Carl’s Jr., a grass-fed burger chain called Farm Burger, has begun to spring up from coast to coast.
Besides sustainable beef, there is also the option of no beef. One of the fastest growing categories in food choice happens to be vegetarian.
In the information age, ignorance is a choice, and it seems that it’s a choice more, and more people are avoiding. While this study shows that we still have an uphill battle when it comes to healthy, non-taxpayer subsidized food, it is only a matter of time before we reach critical mass.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/consumer-reports-study-finds-ground-beef-sold-america-feces/#esVipJOYACw8dqjP.99
“…this recent study exhibits an unrivaled level of incompetence within this behemoth bureaucracy.”
Incompetence? Hardly.
All part of the depopulation program. They’re doing what they were designed to do… implementing the jew anti-eveyone-but-jews program (genocide), while APPEARING to be trying to do just the opposite.
I stopped eating beef (not totally, but for the most part) about 3 or 4 years ago, mainly due to the RBGH, but this is another good reason to avoid it.
Still have to deal with the arsenic in the chicken, antibiotics in the pork, and radiation in the fish, however.
Hemp seeds are the meat we are supposed to be eating anyway.
What’s gonna really piss you off about this is
Not one dam REAL thing will be done to change this , nothing
It will get suppressed and lied about , than forgotten
When are people going to realize that this is all part of the plan from our fascist country. Food companies keep us sick, big pharma keeps us drugged, and government keeps people in line. All brought to you by the “Too big to fail, too big to jail” bankers. When are we going to free ourselves from this slavery we have been coerced into?
support local farmers and buy organic. When you go to the farm markets, take the time to talk to the farmers and ask them about how they grow their food. If you have time, take farm tours. Demonstrate by your interest and where you spend your dollars, that this matters to you. Bring this up in conversation with as many people you can, wherever you find yourself. I usually tell people why I no longer do, buy or consume certain things I used to think were reasonable, and how I learned otherwise and completely changed my views on certain subjects. And how much better my health is now that I’ve made certain decisions. The more I engage people in conversations, the more I’m discovering that people are either waking up or in such bad shape that they are much more receptive than even a year ago.
There is a lot at stake, and we the people will be better off, the more of us know the truth and work together and not allow anyone to divide us.
As the article says, in the information age, ignorance is a choice. This is so true.
Unfortunately most people are too stupid or lazy to care. WHY? Because the whole system is engineered to keep them that way. Normalcy bias rules supreme in the US. I feel honored to be one of the ones who woke up.
and I bet you can help wake more people up, since you have been through that yourself.
BTW, I am amazed to see them reporting this on ABC.
brings a whole new meaning to This sure is a shitty burger
Bad ole meat just not sustainable better eat insects. UN
“The irony here is that local organic farmers who have harmed no one, are being raided by SWAT teams for selling raw milk, eggs, or grass fed beef. Meanwhile, millions of people are getting sick and dying across the country by government-subsidized factory farms.”
Yep, that says it all!
The good guys are the bad guys and the bad guys are the good guys. Bizarroworld at its finest. I can’t believe I’m living in such a world.
Agreed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green
So, “what’s for supper”? “Well Jimmy, we got fried bacteria sandwiches with “fuzzy” cheese on the side, flouridated water, and secret dessert!” Consumer Reports, an industry rag, hardly worthy of finishing your business with.