Yay! I agree. The key, of course, is that the cows are actually grazing--not shackled up in pens.

Are you high? Do you know how much open space is taken up to grow food for cows? They only graze in open areas for a short time...just long enough to eat everything that might sustain a herd of elk or deer that do the same thing the cows do. But hey...what ever helps you rationalize taking part and supporting an industry that is raping the earth and wildlife. Perhaps you might consider buying a hunting tag for elk and deer if you really want to think of yourself as a person that is both a meat eater and into conservation. Your very existence necessitates population control of several species...especially if you eat beef. Just think...you'll be helping to fund wildlife management agencies and participating in the most vital part of the management process. Plus you wont be ingesting all the terrible shit that's found in every bite of beef you put in your mouth. Theres a movie called fast food nation...you should rent it.

Grazing has a place, and some cows are grazed only and given no supplemental feed or fattening. Still, with so many people it's not feasible to feed everyone eating meat off of grazed animals. Your post seems somewhat like you are trying to justify your meat habit. I justify mine by not being willing to eat what I consider a sub standard diet just because everyone else is too fucking stupid to stop over breeding and destroying everything. I may actually graze a cow or two on our place for personal consumption. There used to be grazers here on this land of some kind, but they are all gone now. Deer don't graze grass to speak of. They eat forbes and browse. I think grazers could have a place here, but it's all about the context and having an ethic that values sustainability and looks hard at the effects of one's actions. Grazing lands are usually grazed pretty hard which can fuck them up and impact native plant populations. I think your idea is basically sound, but not in the modern context of current population densities.