I just finished reading the article. Amazing... I want everyone to take the time reading it... and I want to learn what more I might able to do to help! I ofter notice the packages in our meta departments that are labeled 'no antibiotics'. I had no idea... How things have gotten so to of control! How can one inspire people to read what i…
I just finished reading the article. Amazing... I want everyone to take the time reading it... and I want to learn what more I might able to do to help! I ofter notice the packages in our meta departments that are labeled 'no antibiotics'. I had no idea... How things have gotten so to of control! How can one inspire people to read what is really important! This needs to be circulated widely.... My grandfather was a farmer, small time, in Dubuque. We lived in Chicago and would visit the farm for a couple of weeks every summer. My Mother was the second youngest of 8 kids, and she grew up milking cows, and cleaning the hen house (outdoor plumbing for. many years!). I can't imagine that these antibiotics were widely used then, but I could be mistaken... (she was born in 1914 and there was at least 10 years between her and her oldest sibling... Visiting the farm was so blissful! Thank you for all the work yo have done this far. And the photographs of your farm are beyond lovely. Maybe some day I will have the opportunity to visit... I would love to photograph you and your farm, and write about you and your work. The world needs to know! Thank you again!
Antibiotics were created in the pre-war period as injections. Pill form arrived c. 1950. That was the beginning of trouble. Livestock were fed antibiotics in a growing pattern for decades. This continues. If you visit the Tractors & Supply cash register, two types of chicken feed is sold there. The large bag and the small far more expensive - may be clean of antibiotics. The cheating and lying starts there.
I just finished reading the article. Amazing... I want everyone to take the time reading it... and I want to learn what more I might able to do to help! I ofter notice the packages in our meta departments that are labeled 'no antibiotics'. I had no idea... How things have gotten so to of control! How can one inspire people to read what is really important! This needs to be circulated widely.... My grandfather was a farmer, small time, in Dubuque. We lived in Chicago and would visit the farm for a couple of weeks every summer. My Mother was the second youngest of 8 kids, and she grew up milking cows, and cleaning the hen house (outdoor plumbing for. many years!). I can't imagine that these antibiotics were widely used then, but I could be mistaken... (she was born in 1914 and there was at least 10 years between her and her oldest sibling... Visiting the farm was so blissful! Thank you for all the work yo have done this far. And the photographs of your farm are beyond lovely. Maybe some day I will have the opportunity to visit... I would love to photograph you and your farm, and write about you and your work. The world needs to know! Thank you again!
Antibiotics were created in the pre-war period as injections. Pill form arrived c. 1950. That was the beginning of trouble. Livestock were fed antibiotics in a growing pattern for decades. This continues. If you visit the Tractors & Supply cash register, two types of chicken feed is sold there. The large bag and the small far more expensive - may be clean of antibiotics. The cheating and lying starts there.
Any chance it could be cracked down on? Exposed? Stopped?
If more people knew about it...?