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Imperative 27: 8th vision: mega co-ops' contract production of organic meats

    Upscale markets in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Korea and other countries prefer organically-grown and processed pork and chicken meats.  Reason: current commercially-grown chicken and pigs worldwide are fed with concentrates that are loaded with such chemicals as growth enhancers, disease preventives, synthetic vitamins, meat 'beautifiers', feeds preservatives, vaccines, anti-caking, anti-rancidity and anti-mold agents, etc.  Portions of such chemicals are now known to stay within the meats even after slaughter and cooking.  In due time they become causes of cancers, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, kidney and liver disease, etc.     Health-conscious consumers who are aware of such dangers prefer to consume organically grown and processed meats, despite such products' premium prices.  Organic pork and chicken meat come from livestock raised on the range, the animals free to move about within fenced feedlots that have roofed shelters versus rains.  They a