More From "The Omnivore's Dilemma"

To Do, Someday:

Work out true economic price of a grass fed cow versus a corn fed cow, to soil, oil, public health, the public purse.

Charged to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies)
the health care system (in the form of food-bone illnesses and obesity)
and the environment (in the form of pollution)
not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse, and the welfare of the animals themselves.

vs: consistency, mechanization, predictablility, interchangeability, and economies of scale.