Comments on: Does Chipotle Use CAFO Meat?

By: El Dragón

El Dragón — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:13:29 +0000

Chipotle hasn’t purchased natural beef from Harris Ranch since April. Weird questions remain…

http://www.fairfoodfight.com/blog/el-drag%C3%B3n/el-drag%C3%B3n-asks-chipotle-tough-questions

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:04:02 +0000

They have to use large farms to keep their supply of meat. Having people with 4 back yard cows will not do the trick like the Slow Food movement pushes. Large farms aren’t always bad at all. Consider how lucky we are to have a vast amount of food available. It’s up to people to make choices of what food they eat–eat fresh veggies, fruits and meat. And exercise! Quit blaming the world for obesity problems (to anyone who would ever say that corn is making people obese).

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:51:51 +0000

On the Chipotle Web site, go to “F.W.I.” and then “What’s Where” and click on the beef icon. While their guidelines do not include many of the issues raised by Food Inc., I do not want to imply that I support Food Inc.’s approach. We just find it a little ironic.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:49:34 +0000

Where does Chipotle advertise their use of Harris Ranch beef? And, assuming they ever did business with Harris Ranch, when was the last purchase? It seems pretty clear from their website that Chipotle has transitioned away from the big bad CAFOs and is now using better quality meat, like that grown by Niman Ranch. If you have actual sources and proof (a satellite picture of Cowschwitz proves nothing) that Chipotle purchases from CAFOs, then by all means share it. Otherwise, stop adding to the problem by spreading false information. We, the consumers, are interested in having an intelligent discussion about our food system. Defensive rants that offer no facts or sources appear to be nothing more than retaliation against those trying to encourage a useful dialogue. This is precisely why so many consumers do not trust big agriculture.

By: Sunflower Sue

Sunflower Sue — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:08:12 +0000

I feel little bit better about Chipotle meat now that I know that at least some of it is coming from feedlots. The livestock are generally much healthier when raised in a carefully monitored system like that. Too bad they feel it necessary to bad-mouth the very people who supply their food. The Food Inc guys said consumers should vote with their pocketbooks, so no more Chipotle for me and I LOVE that place!! Here is a good commentary http://tinyurl.com/mnwn5o

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:58:52 +0000

I can’t understand why a restaurant would essentially bite the hand that feeds and support a movie that bashes agriculture. Where are our priorities in this country? With movies like Food Inc. they can influence people to drive agriculture out of the country. Just think of all the food problems then. And organic products? Lots of salmonella problems there with fertilizer being raw manure. That’s where the spinach tainting came from.