TIL: Cows are Fed Skittles

Yes, you read the title correctly. A truck spilled skittles all over the road that were intended to be given to cows. If you had not been a fan of free range beef, you may be now.

So @aprilangel has been on this whole30 diet, there has been lot of focus on food lately. I have done my best to continue my old habits of eating crap but am still losing weight from eating out less and my meals at home being quality whole30 approved. We have been a part of a CSA for some time so our meat or at least some of it is local and not factory.

For the last several years I have been attempting to be conscious about my food. Easier said than done sometimes given how our society is designed and the availability of poor food choices. I try not to consider myself a victim though, and take responsibility for my food choices.

I was listening to a Joe Rogan podcast and found out mad cow disease happens when cows ingest cow meat. It is linked to prions that are in the animals brain, it is the reason why eating monkey brains is not good for you. Seems to be a natural deterrent for cannibalism.

At this point my list for not eating factory meat is pretty long, but now lets add in that they are eating skittles. One could not find a more unnatural diet for cows than skittles but yet here we are. The below is from Dodge County Sheriff's Office facebook page involving some skittles on the road.

There is no way eating skittles is good for cows, not sure what the nutritional value is here. These farmers are just adding weight to the animals so they can sell them for more. Some of the comments on their post are acting like this process is completely normal and fine for the cows. That must be why they are pumped full of so many antibiotics.

From research I do know that the amount of land for all cows to be free range does not exist so some major changes would have to happen. Luckily there is some impressive research being done in meat substitutes that are indistinguishable from the real thing. Hopefully these products roll out soon so they can stop feeding cows defective candy.