Sorry, just liked this sentence because I had to look up the meaning of fungible.
When It Comes to Meat, 'Natural' Is a Vague Term
Probably the most confusing and fungible word in all of food labeling is the term, natural.
From my built-in dictionary in OS X:
fungible |ˈfənjəbəl|
of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified, able to replace or be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable : money is fungible—money that is raised for one purpose can easily be used for another.
ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from medieval Latin fungibilis, from fungi ‘perform, enjoy,’ with the same sense as fungi vice ‘serve in place of.’
Still reading Michael Pollan's great book, Omnivore's Dilemma
“The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals” (Michael Pollan)
If a package of beef does not say grass-fed, then it is probable the animals ate a diet high in corn and other grains, which some animal experts think is much less healthy for both the animals and humans. Cows have evolved to eat grass; only since the industrialization of agriculture in the last 60 years have they been served diets of things like corn and soybeans.In contrast to the slippery word “natural,” the term “organic” can be applied on to meat that adheres much more stringent standards. The animals must be raised without the use of antibiotics, growth hormones and chemicals used to kill parasites and they must be given feed that has been grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Farms that sell organic meat must be regularly inspected and certified by an inspector approved by the Agriculture Department, all of which helps to make organic meat more expensive and harder to find than merely natural meat.
Corn porn is just bonus (borrowed from NoNoJoe, but I used to have the same iron-on).
