Tyson Foods has polluted half of all streams in Northwest Arkansas with so much fecal bacteria that swimming is prohibited. Drugs and hormones needed to keep confined animals alive and growing are mainly excreted with the wastes and now saturate local waterways. Moreover, industrial meat is unsavory. Factory raised meat and pork are soft and bland. The chicken doesn t taste good.
American chicken is spongy.
The texture gives thoughts of hormones and chemicals. Since you can t often tell the difference between meat and fowl from factory and family farms in the grocery store, it s not always easy to avoid industrial eggs and ham. Chefs should look for free range chickens from suppliers they trust and seek out local markets and producers who buy from sustainable family farms. Those who look will find networks of sustainable family farms and farmers who raise their animals to range free on grass pastures and natural feeds without steroids, sub-therapeutic antibiotics or other artificial growth promotants and who treat their animals with dignity and respect. These farmers bring tasty premium quality meat to customers while practicing the highest standards of husbandry and environmental stewardship.