“There’s a big difference between a couple of beers and a case,” writes R.P. ‘Doc’ Cooke in his essay on how phytochemicals produced by plants, usually to help them thrive or to thwart competitors, predators or pathogens. He reminds us that they can be important nutrients for grazing animals as well.
Source: BeefProducer, March 3, 2020. Link. Mineral rich soil (calcium is No. 1) enhances health through the growth of phytochemically-rich forage to cattle when grazing a diverse plant community. Don’t forget the importance of overall plant diversity. This drives stability in the soil and the animal world.
INSIGHTS: Doc Cooke gives us a lot to consider. It is worth some mental rumination, especially in the context of the red meat debates.