Is pork free range?

inferno · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:10

I ask this because at Waitrose they had pork labelled as free range, whereas all the other pork was not labelled as free range?

Can you keep pigs in a shed?

r44b · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:19

inferno said:
Can you keep pigs in a shed?

surprisingly...yes you can.

TaKeN · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:27

I worked on a pig farm for two weeks for work experiance.

Basically the pigs live in a big shed, But are divided up into individual pens where they get their food and water.

They have a living quarter where they eat and drink, and a part where the tractor can drive up and down to scrape out their excrement the next morning.

They seemed happy enough though

V4NT0M · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:30

A bit OT but; "free range eggs" makes me giggle, there's no such thing as a "free range egg" only "eggs from free range chichen" the eggs don't wander about the pen and stretch their shells.

alexakasloth · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:31

Probably exaggerating but this shows the type of thing non-free range cows/pigs live like:

http://www.themeatrix.com/

TaKeN · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:39

$loth said:
Probably exaggerating but this shows the type of thing non-free range cows/pigs live like:

http://www.themeatrix.com/

But thats american, things over here are A LOT Different.

In the UK.

Dairy Cows ( You get milk from these ! ) Live in big sheds in the winter where they are given food and a place to sit / sleep, When its nice outside they get to go out to graze in the fields,

Beef Cattle ( The ones you eat ) Live in fields some of there life, and sheds at other times in their lives. They are fed on foods which make them go quite fat

When dairy cows reach the end of their working life, Usualy due to old age or not being able to produce calfs any more. They are send off to slaughter. If the animal is over 30 months of age they have to be burn't and NOT enter the food chain.

But.. if the animal is under 30 months and in a fit condition they are usualy slaughtered and the meat sold to the public.

V4NT0M · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:50

Moses99p said:
never, ever start a joke thread.

Cupra · 6 Oct 2007 at 13:55

Moses99p said:
It's for the good of the world, humour like that would probably kill the internet.

lol,

....................................

i thought free range pigs were just in a pile of mud, theres a farmnear me that is free range

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:19

I don't think it's completely free range otherwise you'd have farmyard animals in your back garden and on the M25.

The one that gets my goat is 'organic food'. It's all organic :mad:

TaKeN · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:21

Gillywibble said:
I don't think it's completely free range otherwise you'd have farmyard animals in your back garden and on the M25.

The one that gets my goat is 'organic food'. It's all organic

Eh ?

Organic food is grown without using manmade fertilizers and pesticides,

Its all a load of ******** though.

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:27

No, i'm not pretending to be stupid. Organic means 'of or pertaining to an organ or the organs of an animal, plant, or fungus'.

All food is organic whether with or without pesticides etc.

georges · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:30

Using pesticides on plants add non-organic chemicals to them, as do fertilisers (which are taken in by the plants).

In animals, they eat the organic foods, thus do not get the man-made chemicals in their systems.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define:organic

# of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken"
# simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle"
# Derived from living organisms.

Naffa · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:40

Gillywibble said:
No, i'm not pretending to be stupid. Organic means 'of or pertaining to an organ or the organs of an animal, plant, or fungus'.

All food is organic whether with or without pesticides etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_food

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 14:43

Nice post Georges. Rubbish post Naffa.

alexakasloth · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:00

In the context of food stuffs organic refers to the use of pesticides. So no, naffa's post was not rubbish, yours was.

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:03

$loth said:
In the context of food stuffs organic refers to the use of pesticides. So no, naffa's post was not rubbish, yours was.

Why?

alexakasloth · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:07

You said that his post was rubbish without saying why, it was spam imo.

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:08

I just didn't see the need for the :rolleyes:

when I was making a genuine comment.

goldilocks · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:12

Gillywibble said:
No, i'm not pretending to be stupid. Organic means 'of or pertaining to an organ or the organs of an animal, plant, or fungus'.

All food is organic whether with or without pesticides etc.

omg?! words can have more than one meaning??
you mean organic chemistry is all about the chemistry of organs??

daft post
you can't just pick one of at least 7 correct definitions to make a point

there are plenty of benefits to 'organic' or 'pesticide and chemical free' farming
anyone who cannot see that, obviously has not done their research

gillywibble · 6 Oct 2007 at 15:16

goldilocks said:
omg?! words can have more than one meaning??
you mean organic chemistry is all about the chemistry of organs??

daft post
you can't just pick one of at least 7 correct definitions to make a point

there are plenty of benefits to 'organic' or 'pesticide and chemical free' farming
anyone who cannot see that, obviously has not done their research

The point I was trying to make is that because all food is organic, it would have been more sensible to think of an alternative name for food that does not contain pesticides etc. I understand entirely the meaning behind the phrase 'organic food'.

It seems my point has gone over several peoples heads.