Cows Eat Grass? No Wai!

Technically this is old news, but it came to my desk this evening, and I found it amusing enough to share. 

Cows eat grass. Don't roll your eyes and balk at the idea; it's an indisputable fact, Iowa. Even your cows have, at some point in their lives, eaten grass. No, I'm not talking about grass as in corn is sort of a variety of grass. Not only is that missing the point, it's also being inaccurate, as what you feed your cows is the grain that results from growing the "grass" that is corn. Iowa. You need to shut your lips and learn, right now. 

At some point in 2010, before June 27th, to be more exact, Ricardo Salvador applied for the directorship of Iowa State University's Leopold Center. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky Iowans and their reliance on corn as a crop. Indeed, it was a single statement about the role of grass in the way meat ought to be produced that ruined his chances. 

 The remark that may have sunk Mr. Salvador's candidacy came 37 minutes into his on-campus presentation. While discussing a research project in New York State, he mentioned meat being "produced in the natural way that meat should be produced, which is on lands suitable for grasses and perennial crops." - The Chronicle Of Higher Education, June 27, 2010

 Cows eat gra- excuse me, I'm supposed to say cows eat corn, right? Do I get the job? No? Damn.