"Food Issues"

feolola- Many organic meat producers will not use worming agents to keep their animals from getting infested with internal parasites. So, in order to act like theyre doing something, they give their animals herbs or diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth is made up of silica laced shells or ":Tests" of dead macroscopic sea creatures and fresh water creatures. Their shells are so gnarly that , the idea is, any animal that ingests them (like worms) will cut thier interanls up. This is complete and utter nonsense. Universities have studied this to death and found that its just a rural legend. Also, all other "organic worming agents (antihelmentics) dont do anything, and, in some cases , are dangerous to the animals.
So many organic produced meats are just made from debilitated animals who live in their own filth. (Even confinement raising is more humane)
The concept of organic has been washed up and redressed lately because more big farm ops are getting into it.They perceive that consumers will pay great premiums to be assured that their farm products are "safe from pesticides and additives"

We raise, free range lambs, who are only fed grass and finished on grain in large field areas that have loafing pens where the feed is distributed . We worm them twice before marketing (because internal parasites are endemic throughout the world) we use Tramisol and /or Ivermectin. Both of these have some carry over and these are evacuated through the animals system in at least 45 days. However, the animal is healthy and thrifty in its short life (we grow them out to about 95 pounds , beyond which the rib bones start flattening and they become mutton )