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Sustainable beef?
Mcdonalds says they will use sustainable beef as much as they can, according to availability. Most likely it will come from over seas.
Not trying to turn this into another McD bashing, just wondering what they mean?
 
In my eyes, that means it's grass fed on a plot size large enough to grow the grass back faster than the cows can eat it. I have no idea what the industry defines it as.
 
Okay, right now, "sustainable beef" is the current "buzz word" in the beef industry, and even the pros can't agree on a concrete definition.

It's kinda like trying to "sew a button on a poached egg." They can't come up with a solid explanation.

However, here's what everybody seems to be agreeable on so far.
Sustainable beef just means that the animal is raised with the most efficiency, therefore using less land, water and natural resources, while still providing many of the essential nutrients we need to thrive.

The industry, essentially, is trying to upgrade the product while still caring for the natural resource.

I know, I know...most conscientious ranchers have always tried to do that. But, like I said, it's the current "buzz word." Sounds impressive, right?:)
 
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So, we are supposed to believe that cattle are now being raised on smaller acreage, with less grass and less water and naturally they have less flatulence due to their healthier sustainable environment thereby making less methane that punches holes in the ozone layer. Friends, the PC Police are finally riding the range and keeping it 'green' for all the rest of us.
 
Not even the beef industry knows. This is from beefmagazine.com (who knew there was such a thing?):

“Bryan Weech, director of livestock agriculture for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), told The Huffington Post that ‘there is no one, universally accepted definition’ for beef sustainability. Weech also represents the WWF on the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, one of several groups working toward a definition.

“Jude Capper, an adjunct professor of animal sciences at Washington State University, agrees. Moving toward sustainability is easier said than done, she says.

‘There is no doubt that for every restaurant or airline or car company, this is the kind of trendy issue at the moment. Can we say we’re buying any sustainable beef today? No, we can’t. Could we be buying sustainable beef? We might be. What I mean by that is that there are no standards, measures, accountability and traceability to make those claims today.
 
Maybe it means cutting some steaks off the cow while
he's still alive.
The said cow regrows area cut off over time.
Would'nt work too well with Ribs though.

Chuck
 
Funny that we get cancer and my doctor couldn't tell me what caused it?
I eat just about the same diet and drank diet soda constantly.
 
Mule Packer said:
Okay, right now, "sustainable beef" is the current "buzz word" in the beef industry, and even the pros can't agree on a concrete definition.

It's kinda like trying to "sew a button on a poached egg." They can't come up with a solid explanation.

However, here's what everybody seems to be agreeable on so far.
Sustainable beef just means that the animal is raised with the most efficiency, therefore using less land, water and natural resources, while still providing many of the essential nutrients we need to thrive.

The industry, essentially, is trying to upgrade the product while still caring for the natural resource.

I know, I know...most conscientious ranchers have always tried to do that. But, like I said, it's the current "buzz word." Sounds impressive, right?:)
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Sew a button on a poached egg!!!Now that's FUNNY!
 
25elk said:
So, we are supposed to believe that cattle are now being raised on smaller acreage, with less grass and less water
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Hmmm. From my deficient education in these matters, I think we used to call those feed lots. I'm guessing the PC crowd has figured out they need to relabel those stinking things and make them acceptable to those with sensitive feelings. And here I thought they were only used to fatten the poor critter.
 
eating at any of those places is kinda like putting one shell in a revolver and spinning the wheel except you don't know until your gut starts rumbling if you lost or not....I am adding another oxymoron to the list..."TRUTH IN ADVERTISING"
 
Dolphin Safe beef did not fly, so they switched it to Sustainable Beef.
 
50-50

Ivan the Butcher said:
Back about 20-30 years ago Burger King had a problem with meat they imported from Australia. I forget how many thousand tons of frozen burger was actually Kangaroo. That would sustain the beef very well. Ivan
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Ivan,

This reminds me of the Welsh fellow who had his restaurant shut down because he was cutting his rabbit pie with horsemeat. "It was only 50-50" he said in his defense... "One rabbit to one horse". :)
 
I think its probably about the same thing as "New and improved!!!"
 
We've been munchin' on beef since forever, predating any and all regulation.

to have survived as a food into modern day, it must be sustainable in the first place
 
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