Tag Archives: meat

Chicken feed without antibiotics or growth hormones

Posted on June 11, 2014 by argylesock

Robert Carter farms chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in California. He’s not impressed by feed additives which make the birds grow fast. This is no way to produce meat that’s healthy for people to eat, says Mr Carter. So he invented … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged America, antibiotic, biotechnology, bird, chicken, development, Europe, farmer, feed, feed additive, finance, food safety, genetic modification, growth promotion, hormone, livestock, meat, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vertebrate | 4 Comments

The biggest free trade deal in history

Posted on April 8, 2014 by argylesock

The biggest free trade deal in history is being negotiated now. There are plenty of catchy little acronyms when you talk about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, money and trade | Tagged America, biotechnology, clone, Europe, food safety, food sovereignty, grocery, hormone, label, livestock, meat, politics, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, welfare | 9 Comments

Trade deal across the Pond: risky or promising?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by argylesock

The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) are negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). A lot of acronyms because this is politics! When blogging about the TTIP my focus is on the land and sea but … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged BASF, biotechnology, crop, food safety, genetic modification, hormone, law, meat, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato Amflora, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 3 Comments

McDonald’s will shift (very slowly) to sustainable beef

Posted on January 8, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… A tiny, slow step but a step in the right direction. Perhaps.

Posted in agriculture, food | Tagged cattle, livestock, mammal, meat, restaurant, ruminant, sustainable, vertebrate | Leave a comment

Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural Market

Posted on January 6, 2014 by argylesock

Here’s an American article about the Promises and Perils of the TTIP. That’s the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As I write this in January 2014, the TTIP is being negotiated. The article I’ve just linked to is from October … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged biotechnology, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, disease, feed, feed additive, food safety, genetic modification, growth promotion, hormone, law, livestock, meat, politics, poultry, ractopamine, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, veterinary | 1 Comment

Opinions on trade across the Pond

Posted on December 23, 2013 by argylesock

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a big deal. It’s a big deal for everybody who relies on the land and sea on either side of the Pond. In this connected world, that means the TTIP is a … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged America, antibiotic, BASF, biotechnology, bird, chicken, chlorine, crop, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, feed, feed additive, food safety, genetic modification, hormone, law, livestock, mammal, meat, Monsanto, pig, politics, ractopamine, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vertebrate | 5 Comments

Why not feed insects to other livestock?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture | Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare | 2 Comments

Is the existing bovine TB eradication policy really working?

Posted on November 2, 2013 by argylesock

One of my favourite sources of information about bovine tuberculosis (bTB, caused by Mycobacterium bovis) is bovinetb.co.uk. Its unnamed author is ‘looking for the reform of a costly and misguided system.’ When I talk to farmers, I often hear support … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged alpaca, cattle, disease, disease reservoir, disease testing, disease transmission, endemic disease, export, farmer, finance, food, food processing, food safety, history, human, knowledge, law, livestock, mammal, meat, milk, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, politics, ruminant, shooting, slaughter, trade, tuberculosis, vaccine, vertebrate, veterinary, welfare, wildlife, zoonosis | 19 Comments

Cattle which resist a devastating disease

Posted on October 4, 2013 by argylesock

People in tropical countries fear diseases called sleeping sickness, and other names, caused by tiny parasites called trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.) also known as tryps. Now there’s new science suggesting a way to reduce Animal African Trypanosomiasis in cattle (Bos primigenius) … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture | Tagged Africa, arthropod, Asia, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, breeding, cattle, development, dipteran, disease, disease resistance, farmer, insect, invertebrate, livestock, livestock breed, local breed, mammal, meat, parasite, pastoral, protozoan, research, ruminant, selective breeding, sleeping sickness, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector, vertebrate | 4 Comments

The cost of slaughtering cows infected with bovine tuberculosis

Posted on September 13, 2013 by argylesock

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You might choose to follow the ‘tuberculosis’ tag on my blog. Last month, here in Britain our Department for Agriculture Food and Rural … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged bacterium, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, data, disease, disease testing, farmer, finance, food, food safety, grocery, livestock, meat, Mycobacterium bovis, ruminant, trade, tuberculosis, zoonosis | 5 Comments