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McDonald's Europe Seeks to Raise Farming Standards
Business  (tags: business, farming, improvements, McDonald's )

Michelle
- 129 days ago - reuters.com
Restaurant chain McDonald's Europe launched a farming program on Thursday June 18 which could lead to cows getting weekly foot baths but water being saved in the production of lettuce and tomatoes.
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Michelle M. (83)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 4:48 pm
A vous de juger... for your opinion...
 

cowboss at wscc (80)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 5:41 pm
Michelle -- thanx for the story.

cowboss has one REALLY BIG concern about "the weekly footbath for the cows" -- do not know the rules in the EU but here in North America this "footbath" is trouble as it is usually Formaldehyde that is used for the animals to walk through. You may want to ask as formaldehyde is a pretty nasty chemical which is easily absorbed through the animals skin -- and from there .........

I do hope that I am wrong but instinct tells me I am not.

cowboss
 

Karen S. (93)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 6:16 pm
Kudos on the organic milk. It is a very small step, but a welcome one for sure.

But.....there is one thing that comes to mind when I think of the Golden Arches......A rose, by any other name, is still a rose, or should I say an onion, by any other name, is still an onion.
 
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