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meat, chicken, turkey, etc at whole foods?
I read some stuff on their website. but I am still unsure! if I buy my meat and poultry there is it safe to say it is OK? they do have a distinction between grain and grass fed beef, so at least that is spelled out. but what about everything else? thoughts? thanks!
Re: meat, chicken, turkey, etc at whole foods?
The grass fed organic beef at our Whole Foods is marked by green dividers and stickers. I read an article in our newspaper about where it comes from and the standards it absolutely must meet in order to have organic/grass fed etc. I'm in CO. ALL of the meat comes from a ranch in WYO. It is separated out, never goes to a feed lot, the way it is handled at the slaughterhouse is different (although corn fed cows also are processed there, they process the organics in the morning--all at once).
Here's the article.
http://www.denverpost.com/food/ci_13440238 Keep in mind this is for the Whole Foods in MY area, but my guess would be they do it the same for all their stores.
This is an article in a series of articles about food and how it's processing. I also liked the eggs/chicken article.
The Amish are notoriously hard on many of their animals. They can also be puppy millers. I don't know about their chickens, but I worked at a zoo and we had a rescued Amish horse..all I can say for sure is that his life at the zoo on our "farm" was a lot easier than his life with the Amish. I know they worked him really, really hard.
If you are unsure, I might ask the Butcher manager at your Whole Foods, and I would point blank tell them your concerns. I am not the biggest fan of Whole Foods (paycheck), but I do believe they try to make a commitment to organics, and cruelty free products, because they serve vegans etc. The manager should be able to tell you or find out the answers you are looking for. I'd go to him over the regular butcher kid ;D
The beef is clearly marked at my WF butcher counter. Grass-fed, local/regional (they list the exact farm, too). I'm not sure about the chicken - you can probably just ask. They also have bison, which I like to get.
I agree with foundmylazybum about WF in general - but it's easy for me to pick up the grass-fed/local there without having to commit to a meat CSA. So I do like to get meat from there. The butchers there are always really helpful (at least at my location).