GRASS-FED NATION

For years we ve been told that traditional foods are unhealthy because of their saturated fat content In place of grass fed meat grass fed dairy products and eggs from hens running on pasture we now mostly eat grain fed meat and processed factory foods and we ve witnessed an epidemic of disease from type 2 diabetes to heart disease and cancer Modern agriculture has locked us into an unhealthy vicious circle with degraded foods pouring from an overstretched impoverished landscape There s a simple remedy the grass fed movement We can make sure that the meat dairy foods and eggs we buy come from animals grazing on or running in pasture as they always used to This will also put life back into our soils and wildlife back onto our farmland Graham Harvey agricultural advisor to BBC Radio 4 s The Archers lays out all the arguments for grass fed food why it s good for us and why it s good for the planet