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Originally posted by tiki

Actually,although this no beek dogfood ruling may be q bit overboard—i have family friend that runs sleds dogs and they do just fine on fish—they eat really well on it as a matter of fact—they have dined on frozen whole salmon—the heads especially are LOADED with high quality fats—as any bear![:D] he would stack them like cordwood in the sled and the dogs got to chew on some tasty chew toys that they relished.

Pretty much all of the chum salmon caught here is given to the dogs and yes, they seem to love it. It is the most "inferior" of all the species of salmon. Keeping a kennel of 100 or so dogs is expensive and I’m sure they get contributions from the commercial dog food companies and I think that this is what the Canadian hoopla is all about since I’m sure the commercial stuff contains meat products.

Actually,although this dogfood ruling may be a bit overboard—i have a family friend that runs sleds dogs and they do just fine on fish—they eat really well on it as a matter of fact—they have dined on frozen whole salmon—the heads especially are LOADED with high quality fats—ask any bear![:D] he would stack them like cordwood in the sled and the dogs got to chew on some tasty chew toys that they relished.

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Originally posted by lleechef

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Originally posted by Grampy

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Originally posted by lleechef

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Originally posted by Grampy

Tiki:

I absloutely agree. Buy locally and support the local farmers and purveyors of meat and cheese. Their future is ours.

For the upcoming Yukon Quest race the Canadian government has stated that mushers may not bring dog food containing any beef, poultry or pork products. Are we overreacting??

That’s terrible! What will you feed them, canned Snappy Mackeral Casserole for dogs? Do I see a canine marketing trend here?

Yep, it’s lookin like Snappy Mackeral Casserole and Chum Salmon Supreme. [:D]

I can see the label now: CHUMS, a Man’s Best Friend – Next to His Dog[xx(]

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Originally posted by Grampy

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Originally posted by lleechef

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Originally posted by Grampy

Tiki:

I absloutely agree. Buy locally and support the local farmers and purveyors of meat and cheese. Their future is ours.

For the upcoming Yukon Quest race the Canadian government has stated that mushers may not bring dog food containing any beef, poultry or pork products. Are we overreacting??

That’s terrible! What will you feed them, canned Snappy Mackeral Casserole for dogs? Do I see a canine marketing trend here?

Yep, it’s lookin like Snappy Mackeral Casserole and Chum Salmon Supreme. [:D]

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Originally posted by lleechef

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Originally posted by Grampy

Tiki:

I absloutely agree. Buy locally and support the local farmers and purveyors of meat and cheese. Their future is ours.

For the upcoming Yukon Quest race the Canadian government has stated that mushers may not bring dog food containing any beef, poultry or pork products. Are we overreacting??

That’s terrible! What will you feed them, canned Snappy Mackeral Casserole for dogs? Do I see a canine marketing trend here?

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Originally posted by Grampy

Tiki:

I absloutely agree. Buy locally and support the local farmers and purveyors of meat and cheese. Their future is ours.

I agree also but what if you live in an area where there are no farms and the burger was not raised at the ranch down the road? Here’s where we have to trust that the USDA is doing it’s job!
For the upcoming Yukon Quest race the Canadian government has stated that mushers may not bring dog food containing any beef, poultry or pork products. Are we overreacting??

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Originally posted by kland01s

That exactly why I am missing farmers markets now that it is one below zero here in Chicagoland. I believe in buying local as much as possible. Our market (which doesn’t start until June [:(]) features beef, fish, cheeses as well as a huge amount of produce, all grown/raised locally. They are more than happy to have you come to their farms and see for yourself, yes it’s more expensive, but you know what you are getting. To me, its just like supporting the local mom and pop places to eat.

You should see if there is a farmers Cooperative nearby. We have one that has as good produce as you can find in the off season, as well as cheese, grass-fed beef and free-range chickens. Here is an interesting site that lists farmers and ranchers around the country: http://eatwild.com/

I believe beef is holding at .50 per pound on the hoof at auction here which is fine.

That exactly why I am missing farmers markets now that it is one below zero here in Chicagoland. I believe in buying local as much as possible. Our market (which doesn’t start until June [:(]) features beef, fish, cheeses as well as a huge amount of produce, all grown/raised locally. They are more than happy to have you come to their farms and see for yourself, yes it’s more expensive, but you know what you are getting. To me, its just like supporting the local mom and pop places to eat.

Tiki:

I absloutely agree. Buy locally and support the local farmers and purveyors of meat and cheese. Their future is ours.

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Originally posted by oneiron339

Paul, what I was inferring was that this scare is exactly what is is – a scare. Not one case of mad cow has been documented in humans in the US,ever; yet we have all these scaremongers out there with political agendas tied to PETA, Greenpeace, Animal Liberation Front, etc., trying to whip us into a frenzy over the one cow in Washington state. This is typical, however, from a population which worries more about things like mad cow and yet, everyday across the US over 100 folks die in auto crashes and no one bats an eye. It’s typical of the population that worries more about Britney Spears while our imperial federal government taxes the daylights out of us to fund some off the wall project that no one wants or protects a 3" mouse in Texas while many jobs go away in the meantime.

You know–i dont belong to any of the groups you list and i think Peta is a bit crazed—-but i do know that –
1—the QUALITY of the food that we are eating is going downhill faster all the time.
2—food raised on family farms rather then corporate food mills TASTES better!
3—If it wasnt for the BILLIONS of dollars we have spent on auto saftey in the past 50 yrs that 100 deaths a day in auto wrecks would be WAY higher—and i think that the 1000’s of folks in MADD and like organization would argue that we DO indeed BAT AN EYE!!! and
4—having lived in the third world were no-one pays taxes to protect ANYTHING—i would just as soon pay my taxes–and continue living here where the average life span is THIRTY year longer!!!
right,left,conservative,liberal,vegtarian,meat eater—-we are ALL humans and we DONT have all the answers. Too much of ANYTHING is too much!Not enough of anything is not enough! Like it or not life is compromise and lately—we–all of us –seem to be very bad at compromise—but i fear not for the planet–for i know that when somthing gets an itch–eventually it scrathes it—and we humans have been definatly itching this big ol planet of ours! So im enjoying the meal while it lasts and doing everything i can to keep it lasting! I will continue to Think Globally and Buy Locally! The burgers at the Boomerang Cafe down the road could WALK to the grill from where theynwhere raised and were never processed by a multinational corporation that owes NO alliegance to any country or people other then its stockholders bottom line. My neighbors raised that beef at the Boomerang and—i like it that way! OK i will now get down of the soapbox.[:D]

Paul, what I was inferring was that this scare is exactly what is is – a scare. Not one case of mad cow has been documented in humans in the US,ever; yet we have all these scaremongers out there with political agendas tied to PETA, Greenpeace, Animal Liberation Front, etc., trying to whip us into a frenzy over the one cow in Washington state. This is typical, however, from a population which worries more about things like mad cow and yet, everyday across the US over 100 folks die in auto crashes and no one bats an eye. It’s typical of the population that worries more about Britney Spears while our imperial federal government taxes the daylights out of us to fund some off the wall project that no one wants or protects a 3" mouse in Texas while many jobs go away in the meantime.

Coming from Nebraska, a major beef producing state, the mad cow "scare" has really hurt our ranchers. I continue to eat beet, but we buy ours from a local ranch, and we KNOW what he feeds!

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Originally posted by oneiron339

Here’s a link to the latest scaremongering about the mad cow situation:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/headline_detail.cfm?HEADLINE_ID=2291

Oneiron: Please do not suggest to roadfooders via your web site that the mad cow disease that can jump to CJD is not a problem. I do not think that you did but one can draw that conclusion. It is potentially a major problem. Prions are not understood by the medical community. The blood supply recoginizes this as well as the rest of the world. The disease is not yet understood and the total affects are not yet known. I do not believe it is a ploy by PETA or any other group. I believe it is a world wide problem whose affects will not be know for many years.

Paul E. Smith
knoxville, TN