From: kerryanne.1@netzero.net
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 2:51 PM
To: MarketingClaim
Subject: Grass-fed standard should require pasture





Chief Martin O'Connor
AMS, USDA, Room 2607-S
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250

Dear Chief O'Connor,

Please require that producers who benefit from the "grass-fed"
or "forage-fed" marketing claim raise their animals on pasture.

The market for grass-fed meat and milk products garnered sales of $120 million
last year and is only expected to expand over the next decade. Consumers of
grass-fed animal products reasonably expect that these animals are raised on
pasture, in contrast to the feedlots and warehouses typical of conventional
animal agriculture. Raising animals on pasture is better for their health, the
environment, and human health.


Sincerely,

Kerry Helfner
343 North St #2
Danville, Indiana 46122