weekender the inner city FRI 6 DEC 2013 • Issue 166
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Legendary duo live
Need help at your place this weekend? p.22
The tough question Farnham and Richie team up p.16
Dangerous toys taken off shelves p.5
“I have a dream” Telstra Plaza to have makeover
p.10
Do you know where your meat comes from asks produce store BASIL NAIMET @ICWJournalist
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he next time you buy your chicken, beef or lamb, question where it came from is the adv ice of loc al businessman Gran t Hilliard. His business, Feather and B one, in Marrickv ille only sells mea t and poultr y that is sustained agriculturally. That means feeding the animals only soil based foods, naturally. “What needs to be questioned is what we’re eating, what were the processes used in or der to get the chicken or beef on your plate,” he said. Traditional biological farming techniques usin g soil-based feed such as grass are crucial in delivering naturally grown produce and meats. Industrial farming where artific ial methods are used such as grain feedin g may affect human beings simply because the animals are not being fed a proper diet according to Mr Hilliard. “The messag e to consumers is ask as man y questions as y ou c an. Where did i t come f rom? How was it grown? Who grew it? How did it get to you?” Mr Hilliar d said the w elfare of the animal was
Grant Hilliard of Feather and Bone. just as important. “How it was fed and what it was fed [is very important],” he said. “When y ou kno w the answ ers to these questions, y ou c an then mak e an informed decision about what you’re going to eat. “If y ou think tha t an animal is a concen trated form of energy, which it basically is, it’s a synthesis of the energy it eats. It metabolises all the grain or the grass and synthesises that and turns it into flesh, just like we do.
“The life of an animal and ho w i t li ves whilst producing what we will ultimately eat needs to be considered. Humans will eat what is delivered to their table.” Mr Hilliar d said ev erything F eather and B one buys is f rom farmers who deal in sustainable farming practices. “We only buy stuff [animals] tha t are grown on the outside, meaning they live on pasture.” Do y ou look at w here y our meat come s f rom? Tweet your thoughts to @ICWJournalist.
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