Food Inc

I went to the Hippodrome; Friday night to see Food Inc. I must say I walked out of the theater and down the steps with irritation. I was really irritated about a statement that was made about the feedlots cows are kept in. Food Inc. said that the cows were packed in a pen with mud and manure on them and that cows are not designed to eat corn. First, you have to know that my dad owns cattle. Because he has been to a feedlot I asked him if the statement was true. He showed me a picture of our cows in the feedlot. They were not packed together in one pen nor were they standing in mud. He then told me that the cows get washed off from dirt and manure before they are butchered. Cows are kept outside and yes pastures can get muddy from a hurricane, but it will dry up eventually. The second irritation I had was about feeding corn to the cows. Cracked corn is fed to our cattle, not whole corn for many reasonable reasons such as protein. While grass fed cattle have a fat color of yellow, cows who are fed corn have a fat color of white which is more appealing to costumers. If you are concerned with where your meat comes from, I believe you should ask the cattle owners they know more about it than anyone.

-Jenny