I've listened to all the tapes of Sally from the Small Farm Conference in
Noblesville, Indiana. Sally is indeed a very educated fan of eating clean
fats from animals raised on pasture. In fact, I would have listened to all
her speeches had it not been for the fact that we were busy cooking the food
for the conference. Sally actually ate our sausage for breakfast and roast
pork for lunch. That meant an awful lot to me!
How do we take on the monumental task of educating consumers that clean
animal fats are in fact health foods and essential in diets? And then how
do we make sustainable produced livestock products available to the masses?
Best wishes,
Greg Gunthorp
Producer, distributor, and roaster of free range pigs
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Balliett <igg@igg.com>
To: Greg & Lei Gunthorp <hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com>
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Vitamin D and lard
>
>Greg - Speaking FOR Sally this time: she is completely aware that
>factory animal foods are both devoid of full nutrition and also may
>carry toxins. She recommends animals pastured on organic pasture and
>leans heavily towards biodynamically produced animal AND plant foods.
>I think she takes this for granted to the point that she just assumes
>that everyone knows that they should never eat fat from animals that
>are fed conventional animal feeds or to use dairy foods from factory
>operations.
>
>Thanks for your comments
>
>-Allan Balliett
>moderator
>BIODYNAMICS NOW!
>www.igg.com/bdnow
>
>
>>How does it change the nutritional equation in humans now that a lot of
>>humans spend their days completely inside and the animal products they eat
>>spend their whole life in damp, sunless barns? We would have to be really
>>careful what source of lard we are recommending to people I would think as
>>fat is a good accumlator of toxins. Has there been any testing done to
see
>>if lard from confinement pigs accumlates antibiotic residues, hydrogen
>>sulfide residues, or ammonia residues? I would think they would all be
>>legitimate concerns.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Greg Gunthorp
>>Full time free range hog farmer
>>LaGrange, IN
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bluestem Associates <bluestem@webserf.net>
>>To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
>>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 7:14 PM
>>Subject: Vitamin D and lard
>>
>>
>>>On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:29:18 -0600, Guillermo Romero wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ms Fallon has responded with the following references (which i have
>>> [snip]
>>>>A propos of lard and the uneducated: Lard in the Mexican diet is one of
>>the
>>>>few sources of vitamin D. It is an extremely important part of the
>>Mexican
>>>>diet. Unfortunately, the "educated" have been convinced that they
should
>>>>avoid foods like lard. Anyone trying to get the "uneducated" to stop
>>using
>>>>lard (and other animal foods) should carefully examine the long term
>>>>consequences.
>>>>
>>>>Take care, Sally
>>>
>>>One of the most efficient and effective sources of Vitamin D is plain
>>>old sunshine. Last time I was working in Mexico there appeared to be no
>>>shortage thereof. Sunlight reacts with skin oils --- in particular
>>>cholesterol variants --- and is *resorbed* as vitamin D. In other
>>>words, don't wash it off. I would guess (but do not know) that in a
>>>climate like Mexico, dietary sources of vitamin D are completely
>>>unnecessary.
>>>
>>>Bart
>>>
>>>
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