While researching the feasibility of changing her company's beef supply source to grass-fed, Molly reads several reports on using grass-fed beef. Some of the reports suggest that grass-fed beef is more nutritious because it doesn't contain any chemicals while others suggest that the price of grass-fed beef is prohibitive for most end users. To demonstrate her own original thinking, Molly should
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