Prisons Raise And Serve Grass-Fed Beef

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First Posted: 10- 9-09 01:02 PM   |   Updated: 10- 9-09 01:06 PM

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Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several entities: USDA Farm Services (which implements a Conservation Plan), local Soil and Water Conservation Services (implementing a Nutrient Management Plan), and Virginia Tech (which performs studies on the health and nutrient content of the soil).

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Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several entities: USDA Farm Services (which implements a Con...
Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several entities: USDA Farm Services (which implements a Con...
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- TigersEye I'm a Fan of TigersEye 55 fans permalink
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So in other words the prisoners eat healthier meat than the majority of the rest of the population. Lovely.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:28 AM on 10/10/2009
- KarateKid I'm a Fan of KarateKid 332 fans permalink
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Only in America.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:48 PM on 10/11/2009
- ImissBush I'm a Fan of ImissBush 35 fans permalink
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pot cows?

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:57 PM on 10/09/2009
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While I don't begrudge prisoners the right to safe and decent food, I'd prefer to see the the grass fed beef given to schoolchil­dren...

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:38 PM on 10/09/2009

Are Children Next Targets for Toxic Meals?

Washington, DC July 13, 2009: Citing serious health conditions due to high levels of soy, inmates in the Illinois prison system are suing for a permanent injunction against the substitution of soy for meat in prison meals.

The soy-based prison diet began when Rod Blagojevich was elected governor of Illinois in 2002. Beginning in January 2003, inmates began receiving a diet largely based on processed soy protein with very little meat. In most meals, small amounts of meat or meat percent soy protein; fake soy cheese has replaced real cheese; and soy flour or soy protein is now added to most prison baked goods.

Soy is touted as a way to save money and to provide a diet lower in calories and saturated fat. However, soybeans contain plant estrogens

According to Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, the organization began receiving letters from Illinois inmates in early 2008. The prisoners described deliberate indifference to a myriad of serious health problems caused by the large amounts of soy in the diet. Complaints include chronic and painful constipation alternating with debilitating diarrhea, vomiting after eating, sharp pains in the digestive tract after consuming soy, passing out, heart palpitations, rashes, acne, insomnia, panic attacks, depression and symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as low body temperature (feeling cold all the time), brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, frequent infections and enlarged thyroid gland.
http://westonaprice.org/press/press-13jul09.html

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:29 PM on 10/09/2009
- Pema I'm a Fan of Pema 45 fans permalink
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soy is used as a flabvoring ,..wanna have a shock? look at your can of tuna. it has soy in it. its really unhealthy to have that much, the asians eat it but not to the degree americans do as its small but ever present use in food here.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:33 PM on 10/10/2009
- KarateKid I'm a Fan of KarateKid 332 fans permalink
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Your last paragraph, that's what criminals deserve.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:50 PM on 10/11/2009
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That's great. I hope this program is expanded.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 PM on 10/09/2009
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Wow, they can shiv a shank.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:10 PM on 10/09/2009

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