What are the animal welfare standards like
in South America? Serious question - I imagine North American cattle to all be intensively reared (based on reading Fast Food Nation, many years ago), but no idea about Argentina et al.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 9:58, 3 replies)

Far as I know,
it's OK. Brazil and Argentina have pretty comprehensive Min of Ag. procedures. don't know about the others.

I've been eating the stuff for decades, and I haven't died yet.
(username failed moderation, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 10:03, closed)

Didn't think the beef would be harmful,
just wondered if it was cheap for the same reason that battery eggs are cheap. Sounds like it's all good, though.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 12:43, closed)

Fuck welfare as long add the beef tastes beefy.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 10:28, closed)

The US normal is feedlots (concentration camps for cows) or grass fed.
The South Americans do the same, they tend to have more grass available though. That said, much grassland is temporary grazing on the poor soils you get when you slash and burn the rainforest and is pretty much useless for anything after that. Now they are ploghing up good grassland this will get worse.

And of course every animal will be given growth promoters, beta agonists, steroids..depending on which country they are produced in.

www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/environment/the-hidden-costs-of-feedlots/

It's the beginning of the end. If we want high quality meat we have to be prepared to pay for it and few are. I can buy really tasty steak here in Western Canada very cheaply. We can also get really good grass fed beef but it is expensive. I tend to have a bit of both. This steak is better and way cheaper than pretty much anything you can get in Yurp, with the possible exception of Irish well aged stuff and the odd organic knit-your-own farm shoppe type who care enough to do it proper like.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 13:27, closed)