Definition of «grass diet»

The term "grass diet" typically refers to a type of feed or food for animals that consists primarily of grasses. This can include pasture, hay, silage, or other forms of dried grass. The phrase is often used in reference to grazing animals such as cows, sheep, and horses, who are fed on grasses grown specifically for them or collected from natural habitats. In some cases, the term may also be used more broadly to refer to a diet that includes significant amounts of plant-based foods, but this is not its primary meaning.

Sentences with «grass diet»

Instead of their natural grass diet, cows are fed a diet of grain. (westonaprice.org)
Cows that are raised on a 100 percent grass diet provide the only milk allowed in the Grassmilk product, according to Organic Valley, the largest cooperative of organic farmers in the U.S. (organicauthority.com)
A closer cataloguing of all the metabolites produced by the bacterial cultures digesting potato or grass diets showed that as the levels of the amino acids isoleucine and valine rose, so too did the amount of PYY released. (sciencedaily.com)
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