I have a love hate relationship with Whole Foods. I love that it is 5 minutes from my house. I hate that I often spend $100s there. I love that I can get most everything I need there. I hate that a lot of their produce is not local or organic (this is compared to Rainbow grocery in SF). I also hate that they don't have a large amount of grass fed meats. Where am I going with all this?
Today I had a very strange experience. Now, me at the meat counter is strange enough given that I'm new to this whole meat eating thing. I'm learning to navigate what type of meat is what, what I like, etc. My husband keeps telling me to ask more questions and get to know the men at the meat counter. So, I was at Whole Foods ready to buy some stirfry meat and asked:
Is that grass fed?
I expected a yes or no. It really is that simple. Either the cow was pastured and raised on grass (what cows are supposed to eat) or it was fed grains (what cows are not supposed to eat).
The answer I got was, "All of our meat is grass fed."
What? Huh?
This was followed up with,"The only difference is some eat grain right before they go to slaughter."
This is when I got upset. You can't call something grass fed if it ate grain. Grain is not grass. So, now I have to wonder how long I've been eating "grass fed" beef from Whole Foods. I think I may need to talk to the manager. I'm not about to eat a cow that was fed food it was not intended to eat. I have to say I was pretty furious and confused when I walked out of there.
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