Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Three Pillars of a Food Revolution
Thursday 19 August 2010
by: Anna Lappé, YES Magazine, News Analysis
As marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? Anna Lappé says it's a question of values.
A few years ago, I stumbled on a United Nations study that transformed how I think about the climate crisis. In the report, researchers pegged greenhouse gases from the livestock sector at 18 percent of total global emissions. Combine this with other aspects of our food chain—from agricultural chemical production to agribusiness driven deforestation to food waste rotting in landfills—and food and agriculture sector is responsible for nearly one third of the planet's manmade emissions. Move over Hummer; it's time to say hello to the hamburger.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Quantcast 2nd Egg Recall Linked to Salmonella Under Way
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/managing-your-healthcare/policy/articles/2010/08/21/2nd-egg-recall-linked-to-salmonella-under-way.html
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Food: The Ultimate Secret Exposed - PT 2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSpkLk0vYmk&feature=player_embedded