Each year in the United States, 10 billion land animals are raised and killed for meat, eggs, and milk. In factory farms, these sentient animals are intensively confined by the tens if not hundreds of thousands. Confined farm animals produce almost 500 million tons of manure annually, three times more raw waste than generated by Americans (source: Humane Society).

As you walk through your grocery store's meat department, you will come across some very enticing, yet misleading labeling.  You might look at a beef label that says "All Natural" and think it sounds pretty good.  However, even though the meat is labeled "All Natural", producers can still give their animals Growth Hormones, Antibiotics and raise the animals in crowded feedlots on an unnatural grain-based diet. 

The Meatrix - Animated Film Series About Factory Farming

 Ever heard the term Factory Farming?  As defined in Wikipedia, Factory farming is the practice of raising farm animals in confinement at high stocking density, where a farm operates as a factory.  The goal of the factory farm is to systematically produce the highest output at the lowest cost.  But the hidden costs to human and animal are huge. Read on  to learn more about factory farming and watch the award winning animated film series called The Meatrix.

Almost all the beef found in grocery stores comes from cattle fattened up in large grain feeding operations called feedlots.  If you were to visit a ranch and then go to a feedlot, you would immediately notice a couple of striking differences.  A cattle feedlot is like an urban city, populated by as many as 100,000 animals. It is crowded, filthy and stinking, with open sewers, unpaved roads and choking air.

Click Here to listen to a fantastic radio clip from The Beyond Organic Show about Why Grass Fed Beef.  This clip features an interview with renouned author, professor and investigative journalist Michael Pollan (author of ).

It has been well documented that products from animals raised on pasture are healthier for humans.  From a nutritional standpoint, grass-fed beef is so completely different than grain-fed beef that you might think the meat came from two different types of animals.  In fact, 100% grass fed beef is so good for you that it is actually considered a "health food".