Kevin Thom - Hamilton, Toronto, Ontario Photographer

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Have a quarter cow, man » Sick cattle

» 04 March 2010 » In »

One of the major downsides of grain-fed cattle is that they have to be fed antibiotics to fend off infection from the sores caused by the food they eat. Ivan is nursing these two immuno-compromised steers back to health.

Here's one of the conventionally raised steers staring me down from the doorway of the barn.

Here are some of Ivan's own cattle. They are raised on grass with a little bit of grain in the winter. To me, they seem happier and healthier than the grain-fed steers in the feed lot.

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