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We believe that slower growing animals are better-tasting and healthier. What the animals eat ..... you eat ! Laverstoke has traditional, older, native and rare breeds of animals. These are slower growing. In some cases we are breeding back so they will be even slower-growing and smaller. We believe that these breeds are hardier and more resilient, which makes them more suited to outdoor life on an organic farm, eating a more natural diet, and in addition to which, which they convert more food energy into their meat. Modern breeding programmes have concentrated on producing animals that grow bigger and faster on less food. In doing so, taste and healthiness have been left as secondary considerations. Faster growing animals may be more vulnerable to illness and disease and as a consequence some animals on conventional farms still receive preventative doses of antibiotics as a regular part of their diet. This in turn has consquences for the residues present in the meat that is ultimately produced. |
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