[wolfcreek]

Tell me it ain’t so?

My friend’s cows eat a lot of it.

I know a lot of products say, “May contain soy, peanut, cottonseed , etc...oils” That’s a lot of things to avoid.

[SisterK]

Even though I would rather talk about secret meetings, I will share a cotton seed story with you, wolfcreek. A high number of blind cows fattened on cotton seed meal were observed in intensive feed lots out west. Cows are generally not in feed lots a long time, and are usually young. Tis not natural for so many to go so blind so quick. Cottonseed meal will fatten cows. It will also give horses luxurious coats. As you say, most store-bought cookies and crackers have cotton seed oil in them. Cotton seed oil is very cheap, it is a waste product. The cookie people use it because it lowers their overhead. Cotton seed meal is also cheap (another waste product from gins) so it is sold as animal feed. However, cotton is not grown as a food. It is grown as a textile, thus different agricultural practices are used. Cotton farmers can use chemicals not legal for food. At least in the south, defoliant is used prior to harvesting the cotton. Chemicals do collect in fat cells. Thus, when you think about consuming anything with cotton seed oil in it, think about drinking a cup of agent orange.