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Default Free-range Rump pot roast

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 08:01:25 -0600, "Ms P" >
wrote:

>Yes there is such a thing as free range beef. Steers may not be raised in a
>cage but they are raised in pens. They're called feedlots. Feedlots are
>most definitely not free range.


Steers don't spend their entire lives there, they just spend the last
part of their lives there. Think of it as a retirement home.
Cattle spend their last 60-90 days in feed lots to fatten up just
before slaughter.

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