Date:    Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:09:37 -0400
From:    Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Self-sufficiency and the paleo diet

 > I think New Zealand and Aussie lamb is generally all
 > only grass fed, but don't remember where I got that notion.
 > Hilary

Australian and New Zealand sheep are fed grass on open pasture most of 
their lives. The pasture may be supplemented with molasses licks when 
there is little pasture left; the molasses provides basic nutrition, so 
they can make do to low grade feed (leaves, twigs, straw etc.) without 
disadvantage. Later in a drought the sheep will be fed hay and may be 
supplemented with grain – paddocks can be barren in a drought. Other 
sheep here are fed grain as a matter of course over the weeks prior to 
slaughter. On our restaurant menus “grain fed” is regarded as a mark of 
superiority for both beef and lamb.

Keith
Canberra
Australia