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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    you could perhaps engage him in some discussion of said 'standards'... why should the SOP be a homogeneous green desert rather than, say, a biodiversity hotspot? A bowling green scores nearly bottom on any biology yardstick, and to some eyes does not even look nice; rather, it looks very boring.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    doesn't his chronic exposure to the toxic chemicals in the stuff he's spraying count as work-related?
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    on a related subject, I was surprised to read recently "did you know that the most water-intensive 'crop' in the US is, pointless as this might seem, lawn grass? The country's lawns and golf courses are estimated to account for 1.9 per cent of the US and this grass requires more watering than...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    If he reads, maybe he would read J Hainze Nature underfoot Yale UP 2020 and rethink the practice.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    some bad news for our American friends this morning; glyphosate is being replaced by something as bad if not worse for our health in general and gut microbiomes in particular https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    FYI "Infected birds pass on H5N1 through their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Other birds may pick up the virus through direct contact with these excretions or when they have contact with surfaces contaminated with this material."...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I think the 'bird flu in dairy cattle' thread is the place where this has been discussed, fwiw.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I believe this started because dairy workers and cats on dairy farms were getting sick with conjunctivitis and suchlike. Other countries don't do it because other countries don't allow poultry manure in cattle feed and their dairy workers and cats haven't got sick.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    so is this one
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    This one is behind a pay wall
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    It is a refereed paper in an edited academic journal, and there are 4 authors. You might not like what they say, but it cannot be dismissed so easily. On the data they specifically say "DATA SOURCES: We reviewed published veterinary and human-health literature regarding animal feeding...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    it was a single sheep, not sheep plural. It thus appears to be akin to the cases where isolated mammals here and there are found with it, and apparently have it by ingesting dead infected birds or feces intentionally or unintentionally. "The case was identified following routine surveillance of...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    'What your food ate' by Montgomery and Bikle was published in 2023 and is relatively up to date https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324004530 The focus is on soil health rather than e.g. manure in feeds. It has lots to offer on what recent, dominant practices have done to the soil and what used to...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    here it is https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bird-flu-in-dairy-cattle.1616347/page-5#post-28137804
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I think we all know it's a virus. And viruses - which are of course everywhere, most of them harmless but some like AI harmful - are spread in faeces, commonly. Bird faeces. So who thinks it is a good idea to put bird faeces from a species and environment where bird flu thrives - commercial...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Poultry litter, containing feces and deadstck, is still allowed as an ingredient in cattle feed, and -surprise - bird flu pops up in cattle in the US only.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    A couple of senators are currently trying to get the inclusion of manure in feed banned, which suggests not much change. I linked to an article on it somewhere a few months ago.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Here's something to test those who still believe in commercial feed: Sapkota et.al. 2007 What do we feed to food-production animals? A review of animal feed ingredients and their potential impacts on human health https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9760 Selected highlights to give some idea of...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    they're all good. I tried to grow amaranth but it didn't like it here. Sorghum (aka milo, dari) is popular with my flock, barley not so much, oats are appreciated in any form at any time, especially as porridge in winter :D.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    They are a historic famine food (people make them into bread when regular cereals fail), but there are 00s of types of oak and acorn, and some may suit this purpose better than others; the ones left behind by the ducks, squirrels, deer and hogs are left for a reason. Often it's because something...
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