Is organic beef made from grass fed cows

with another case of Mad Cow disease, I think it's pretty sick that people in this industry use dead cows to feed living cows, which caused this problem to begin with. When you buy organic meat-and after the whole pink slime fiasco, what else can you ethically feed your family or even eat without gagging-does that mean that the meat comes from cows that are fed grass? How can I be sure?

Bonus... how can we find out which "farmers" feed cows dead cows?

Wrong, Gary. We used to raise organic cattle. That means, in the winter they got grass hay, in the summer they ate off the pasture. They had to be second generation organic before they were allowed to be labeled organic for sales purposes. No hormones or un-needed vaccinations were allowed, and the calves stayed on the cow, rather than taking them and feeding them ourselves. Furthermore, we didn't even fertilize the fields they stayed in, so they wouldn't get chemicals that way, either.

Most of the farmers in our area were the same way. In our case, we had 14 cows in a 36 acre pasture, that is PLENTY of room for them to run around and be cows. Not all farmers are disgusting jerks.

I do not know the answer to your bonus question, though I was under the assumption that such practices had become illegal after the discovery of Mad Cow disease.

Edit: The best way to make sure you're getting ethically grown meats and veggies etc is by finding a local co-op. They will only sell socially and environmentally responsible and humane foods.

I had simply turned to feeding my family poultry for a while, but even that doesn't pan out with all the anti-biotics that are pumped into them.

The term "organic" has NO legal meaning. When you buy something "organic" it can mean whatever the manufacturer wants it to mean. Since dead cows were once living, they could be considered "organic", and so cows fed using ground-up-dead-cow-meal could ALSO be considered "organic".