Quote Originally Posted by Shwenn View Post
I do not believe this is true. In fact, I feel the opposite is true. Raising cattle is not a closed system. You have to invest far more calories in the creature than you will ultimately harvest from it.

Now, I am not a strict vegetarian by any means. I eat fish I catch myself. I eat the deer and boar that my father hunts. And I do eat cattle that are properly grazed by honest to god cattle ranchers, people for whom I have a great deal of respect.

I do not eat corn-fed beef. And most beef is corn fed. I think it is a complete waste of corn.
Generally, though, the cattle are eating vegetation which humans cannot eat, or cannot eat easily. But like you, I don't think feeding corn to food animals is a good idea. It raises the price of corn, for one thing, making it more difficult for the poor to afford. Even more ridiculous is using corn to make ethanol to use as a gasoline additive, but that's a whole different topic.

I only had deer meat once and didn't care for it. But that may have been the fault of the guy who cooked it. I'm not a hunter myself, nor do I like fish. And I can't honestly say I check what my meal was fed. My wife buys it, prepares it and cooks it. I eat it. It's that simple for me!