I hate to burst your bubble, but most factory farmed animals are fed a grain diet. This means they're probably fed lots of corn. The crap those animals eat affects their products (meat, fat, milk, and eggs). To get truly corn free animal products, you need to buy the ones that specifically say they're organic, naturally raised (free graze) and fed, without hormones or antibiotics.
The original tweet specifically says that an animal that ate corn doesn't count as "eating corn". If it does, we might as well just say that corn touched the same planet as our food and therefore everything we eat is corn, because there is essentially no material in or on this planet that hasn't interacted with corn, or any other plant, in some "six degrees of schizophrenia" way.
Except we know that diet (natural grazing versus grain/corn fed), lifestyle (natural grazing versus pens or lots, some where the animal sees no sunshine), injections (hormones and antibiotics), and the like can affect animal products. As to the rest, stop being hyperbolic. I'm simply pointing out that most of the factory farmed animals are fed grain/corn diets, which ends up as most of the packaged meat, milk, and eggs in our grocery stores.
However, there is some merit to how large factory farming affects the entire world. For example, it's now almost impossible to find wheat or flour which isn't contaminated with glyphosate. Officially it's used as an herbicide. Unofficially, farmers use it as a desiccant, to dry the crops out, so they can harvest it all at once. It's a laziness factor. Some crops are so heavily laden with it that it has to be tested so it doesn't ruin downstream products. One example is hops and beer. If hops have too much glyposate, it will kill off the yeast and prevent fermentation (meaning no beer). Anyway, glyphosate is so heavily used with wheat, that the spray ends up in neighboring farms (even ones that don't use chemical sprays). There are very very few places left that are producing glyphosate free wheat. It's not just wheat, corn, and hops either. They spray that shit on fucking everything. Some produce you can get most of it off with baking soda soaks, but many others you can't, and it's used in lots of processed foods you can't get it out of.
I don't doubt that corn-fed cows are less tasty than free range. In fact, I know they are, because I eat free range when available and it's much better. But the original argument was that everyone in America eats corn for every meal with virtually no exceptions. It's a bad, borderline psychotic argument and I was just pointing out why.
I'm as anti-factory farming as anyone else. I buy local when I can, free range when I can, and avoid globalist corps when I can. I'm not calling the guy a schizo because I love big ag. I'm calling him a schizo because he said some schizo shit.
Also, for what it's worth, I didn't downvote you. I don't know who did.
Organic can have chemical sprays too, but they're generally more controlled. However, to be safe, all produce should be soaked in baking soda for at least 15 minutes and washed off. It doesn't remove everything, as chemical sprays can leach deeper into the produce than what the baking soda can neutralize, but it can remove most of it. The safest bet will always be to grow your own produce.
Given that you're intentionally trying to throw off the conversation, it still led to a constructive outlet for information sharing. Thanks.
Want me to send you a list of the pesticides, FDA approved!
I've already researched these counterarguments, but sure. Post away.
[edit reply, because RealDrJester is a subversive Jew who probably gets paid per reply]
His posted link contains simple chemical compounds which can be used to fight off pests and replenish nutrients in the soil, and almost all of which are soluble in water and broken down by soil microbes. Almost all of the chemicals listed in his link are familiar to anyone that took high school chemistry. The "toxicity classification" is hilarious too, because it sounds alarming to anyone unfamiliar to how MSDS are written. All side effects must be labelled, and if improperly handled or used, can result in these side effects. However, these side effects are dependent upon exposure and magnitude. The link RealDrJester provided doesn't give this info about exposure, to make it sound more alarming to people unfamiliar with this. I could just as easily list side effects of dihydrogen monoxide, sodium chloride, or sodium bicarbonate exposure to ring alarm bells for the foolish, but most people familiar with basic chemistry and MSDS would know how funny it would be.
For example, ancient peoples (and many modern organic farmers) used bone meal/flour to fertilize their fields to replenish phosphorus, nitrogen, and other nutrients. However, bone meal is toxic if ingested, but perfectly safe to use as fertilizer. If it were listed on RealDrJester's link, going by the same rules, it would only be listed as "toxic" or "highly toxic".
Since organic sprays brake down quickly in the environment, almost zero residue is left on the produce, and if there is any left, it can easily be soaked, scrubbed, and rinsed off. Even so, the residues of organic sprays, given that they're all simple and naturally derived chemical compounds (all of which contain nutrients our body can use or discard easily), in the small amounts present they wouldn't hurt us. Non-organic sprays don't brake down easily in the environment, and can persist for a long time. Furthermore, even very small amounts of some of the non-organic sprays can have serious delirious health effects, especially over time. Glyphosate is the most famous one, causing cancer, celiac disease, Parkinsons, and lots more. "Studies" found it to be safe, but those studies are often funded by institutions and government entities that are thoroughly corrupted.
Here's a short link on the differences in sprays. Here's a good link on why organic is better. Here's a link on the allowed and prohibited substance use in organic farming, and when they're allowed to be used.
[2nd edit reply. RealDrJester has confirmed he's not only stalking my account, but watching all of my comments for edits, in addition to replies. I find this quite funny. You can spot this guy's kvetching from outer space. He's also telling the goys to consume the glyphosate, claiming it's perfectly fine, using sources that are easily debunked. A jew arguing for mainstream "$science", how stereotypical.]
I hate to burst your bubble, but most factory farmed animals are fed a grain diet. This means they're probably fed lots of corn. The crap those animals eat affects their products (meat, fat, milk, and eggs). To get truly corn free animal products, you need to buy the ones that specifically say they're organic, naturally raised (free graze) and fed, without hormones or antibiotics.
The original tweet specifically says that an animal that ate corn doesn't count as "eating corn". If it does, we might as well just say that corn touched the same planet as our food and therefore everything we eat is corn, because there is essentially no material in or on this planet that hasn't interacted with corn, or any other plant, in some "six degrees of schizophrenia" way.
Except we know that diet (natural grazing versus grain/corn fed), lifestyle (natural grazing versus pens or lots, some where the animal sees no sunshine), injections (hormones and antibiotics), and the like can affect animal products. As to the rest, stop being hyperbolic. I'm simply pointing out that most of the factory farmed animals are fed grain/corn diets, which ends up as most of the packaged meat, milk, and eggs in our grocery stores.
However, there is some merit to how large factory farming affects the entire world. For example, it's now almost impossible to find wheat or flour which isn't contaminated with glyphosate. Officially it's used as an herbicide. Unofficially, farmers use it as a desiccant, to dry the crops out, so they can harvest it all at once. It's a laziness factor. Some crops are so heavily laden with it that it has to be tested so it doesn't ruin downstream products. One example is hops and beer. If hops have too much glyposate, it will kill off the yeast and prevent fermentation (meaning no beer). Anyway, glyphosate is so heavily used with wheat, that the spray ends up in neighboring farms (even ones that don't use chemical sprays). There are very very few places left that are producing glyphosate free wheat. It's not just wheat, corn, and hops either. They spray that shit on fucking everything. Some produce you can get most of it off with baking soda soaks, but many others you can't, and it's used in lots of processed foods you can't get it out of.
I don't doubt that corn-fed cows are less tasty than free range. In fact, I know they are, because I eat free range when available and it's much better. But the original argument was that everyone in America eats corn for every meal with virtually no exceptions. It's a bad, borderline psychotic argument and I was just pointing out why.
I'm as anti-factory farming as anyone else. I buy local when I can, free range when I can, and avoid globalist corps when I can. I'm not calling the guy a schizo because I love big ag. I'm calling him a schizo because he said some schizo shit.
Also, for what it's worth, I didn't downvote you. I don't know who did.
Try organic, it has more pesticides :)
Organic can have chemical sprays too, but they're generally more controlled. However, to be safe, all produce should be soaked in baking soda for at least 15 minutes and washed off. It doesn't remove everything, as chemical sprays can leach deeper into the produce than what the baking soda can neutralize, but it can remove most of it. The safest bet will always be to grow your own produce.
Given that you're intentionally trying to throw off the conversation, it still led to a constructive outlet for information sharing. Thanks.
Way, way, way more pesticides.
Want me to send you a list of the pesticides, FDA approved!
They are less efficient, more toxic too. Way more than the conventional ones. But I assume you don't care, since you are very antiscience.
I've already researched these counterarguments, but sure. Post away.
[edit reply, because RealDrJester is a subversive Jew who probably gets paid per reply]
His posted link contains simple chemical compounds which can be used to fight off pests and replenish nutrients in the soil, and almost all of which are soluble in water and broken down by soil microbes. Almost all of the chemicals listed in his link are familiar to anyone that took high school chemistry. The "toxicity classification" is hilarious too, because it sounds alarming to anyone unfamiliar to how MSDS are written. All side effects must be labelled, and if improperly handled or used, can result in these side effects. However, these side effects are dependent upon exposure and magnitude. The link RealDrJester provided doesn't give this info about exposure, to make it sound more alarming to people unfamiliar with this. I could just as easily list side effects of dihydrogen monoxide, sodium chloride, or sodium bicarbonate exposure to ring alarm bells for the foolish, but most people familiar with basic chemistry and MSDS would know how funny it would be.
For example, ancient peoples (and many modern organic farmers) used bone meal/flour to fertilize their fields to replenish phosphorus, nitrogen, and other nutrients. However, bone meal is toxic if ingested, but perfectly safe to use as fertilizer. If it were listed on RealDrJester's link, going by the same rules, it would only be listed as "toxic" or "highly toxic".
Since organic sprays brake down quickly in the environment, almost zero residue is left on the produce, and if there is any left, it can easily be soaked, scrubbed, and rinsed off. Even so, the residues of organic sprays, given that they're all simple and naturally derived chemical compounds (all of which contain nutrients our body can use or discard easily), in the small amounts present they wouldn't hurt us. Non-organic sprays don't brake down easily in the environment, and can persist for a long time. Furthermore, even very small amounts of some of the non-organic sprays can have serious delirious health effects, especially over time. Glyphosate is the most famous one, causing cancer, celiac disease, Parkinsons, and lots more. "Studies" found it to be safe, but those studies are often funded by institutions and government entities that are thoroughly corrupted.
Here's a short link on the differences in sprays. Here's a good link on why organic is better. Here's a link on the allowed and prohibited substance use in organic farming, and when they're allowed to be used.
[2nd edit reply. RealDrJester has confirmed he's not only stalking my account, but watching all of my comments for edits, in addition to replies. I find this quite funny. You can spot this guy's kvetching from outer space. He's also telling the goys to consume the glyphosate, claiming it's perfectly fine, using sources that are easily debunked. A jew arguing for mainstream "$science", how stereotypical.]