> We all need to remember that there is a difference between "ideal
situations"
> and reality.  Ideal situation would be fresh non diseased meat.  Reality
is,
> we live with a contaminated food supply.

We are not victims of a contaminated food supply . the way the food supply
is organised is the result of the concept of cheap foods .It is done by
customers .
 in the wild no food are cheap it require work that urban populations choose
to be exempt from .
Some farmers will be more than willing to focus on quality but most
customers don't want to pay more and most of all like convenience (
supermarkets great invention to deresponsibly feed oneself ).
customers  like the idea of taking supplements but are resistant to feed
thenselves properlly.
In that context antibiotics serve a purpose .
I am a farmer myself who quit commercialising foods because of that .
In this island we are a big bunch of organic growers who despite the
willingness of local peoples to buy quality ( we have an organic coop )  are
struggling to makes a living .But the local supplement producer  of " green
plus " is making a fortune . an other consequence of this reverse state of
affair , the best local farm lands get sold to  rich retired urbanits who
don't farm .

jean-claude