Franciscan Family Farms » animal health http://www.franciscanfamilyfarms.com No hormones. No antibiotics. No subsidies. Just real food for real people. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:24:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Routine Antibiotics Covered by Katie Couric http://www.franciscanfamilyfarms.com/2010/02/09/routine-antibiotics-covered-by-katie-couric/ http://www.franciscanfamilyfarms.com/2010/02/09/routine-antibiotics-covered-by-katie-couric/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:40:50 +0000 Chris http://www.franciscanfamilyfarms.com/2010/02/09/routine-antibiotics-covered-by-katie-couric/ Well, this won’t be news to most of our customers, but it is nice to see more and more mainstream news about the issues in industrial agriculture today. Last week it was Pollan on Oprah, this week, it’s routine antibiotics creating superbugs in confinement poultry and swine operations.

Sure, it is less expensive in the short run to feed animals a daily shot of antibiotics, but where is this headed? Is it really cheaper when we’re paying for hospitalizations due to superbugs? Thank you to the growing numbers of farmers and consumers out there opting out of this system… I just hope that we can move quickly enough to avoid making even more of a health disaster.

Link to CBS News coverage of routine antibiotics and superbugs

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