Mad Cow Disease Revisited by Thomas Ogren

Mad Cow Disease Revisited

Thomas Ogren

The practice of feeding animals to non-carnivorous domestic animals is one that must be stopped now. It is entirely possible that the current news of mad cow disease is but the tip of the iceberg for future potential health problems.

When I used to milk cows I was encouraged by my vet to add "bone meal" to my feed as a way to increase protein levels in the dairy grain. Normally we would use extra soybean meal to jack the protein levels, but many farmers used bone meal. The bone meal consists of rendered bones and tissue from cattle. Essentially we were feeding cattle to cattle, a process that in retrospect seems 100% unnatural.

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BIO:

Thomas Ogren is the author of Allergy-Free Gardening, Ten Speed Press. Tom does consulting work on plants and allergies for the USDA, county asthma coalitions, and the Canadian and American Lung Associations. He has appeared on HGTV and The Discovery Channel. His book, Safe Sex in the Garden, was published in 2003. In 2004 Time Warner Books published his latest book: What the Experts May NOT Tell You About: Growing the Perfect Lawn. His website: www.allergyfree-gardening.com

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