【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 d 2025% over the conventional alternative. But a look at the prices on online grocer Fresh Direct suggests a grassfed premium of anywhere from 3560%. J) And not every farmer has the option of going grassfed. For both beef and dairy production, it requires, at least in the beginning, more pastureland. Grassfed beef production tends to be more laborintensive as well. But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corm subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human health and animal welfare, grassfed is the more costeffective model. The sun provides the lowest cost of production and the cheapest meat, he says. K) Another grassfed booster spurring farmers to convert is EPIC, which makes meatbased protein bars. Founders Taylor Collins and his wife, Katie Forrest, used to be endurance athletes。 now they re advocates of grass fed meat. Soon after launching EPICs most successful product the Bison Bacon Cranberry Bar Collins and Forrest found theyd exhausted their sources for bison(北美野牛) raised exclusively on pasture. When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 23% of all bison is actually grassfed. The rest is feed lot confined and fed grain and corm. L) But after General Mills bought EPIC in 20XX, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain. So the pany teamed up with Wisconsinbased rancher Northstar Bison. EPIC fronted the money for the purchase of $ million worth of young bison that will be raised according to its grass fed protocols, with a guaranteed purchase price. The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, You car Purchase this S3 million piece of land here, because Im guaranteeing you today youll have 1,000 bison on it. Were bringing new blood into the old, conventional farming ecosystem, which is really cool to see, Collins explains. 36. Farmers going grassfed are not affected by the everchanging milk prices of the global market. 37. Over the years, Tim Josephs partners have helped many dairy farmers to switch to grassfed. 38. One advocate believes that many other benefits should be taken into consideration when we assess the costeffectiveness of grassfed farming. 39. Many dairy farmers were persuaded to switch to grassfed when they saw its advantage in terms of profits. 40. Tim Josephs grassfed program is only one example of how American farming practice is changing. 41. Tim Joseph was fascinated by the notion that sunlight brings energy and wealth to mankind. 42. One problem with grassfed products is that they are usually more expensive than conventional ones. 43. Grassfed products have proved to be healthier and more nutritious. 44. When Tim Joseph started his business, he found grassfed products fell short of demand. 45. A snack bar producer discovered that the supply of purely grassfed bison meat was scarce. 20XX年12月英語六級(jí)閱讀真題及答案 仔細(xì)閱讀 Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. The dangerous thing about lying is people dont understand how the act changes us, says Dan Ariely, behavioral psychologist at Duke University. Psychologists have documented children lying as early as the age of two. Some experts even consider lying a developmental milestone, like crawling and walking, because it requires sophisticated planning, attention and the ability to see a situation from someone elses perspective to manipulate them. But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to selfregulate. Harvard cognitive neuroscientist Joshua Greene says. for most of us, lying takes work. In studies