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450 points homebrewer | 1 comments | 24 Jun 25 14:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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cheeseomlit ◴[24 Jun 25 16:06 UTC] No.44367692[source]▶
What is the deal with whole foods grass-fed ribeye?

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What are they grazing on, plastic lawn turf?

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johncole ◴[24 Jun 25 17:18 UTC] No.44368494[source]▶
Beef cows are accumulators. And their feed often contains plastics.
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cheeseomlit ◴[24 Jun 25 17:30 UTC] No.44368621[source]▶
Just thought it was interesting considering they are 'grass-fed'. Is that just a lie? Or maybe it's something else, like if they're drinking water from plastic containers that sit in the sun all day
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1. kube-system ◴[24 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44368928[source]▶
You're probably imagining the marketing depiction of "grass fed"

https://www.primalmeats.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gra...

But nobody said it was coming straight off the ground!

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cows-eating-trough-made-blue...

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CFFY4J/hay-bales-wrapped-in-heavy...