this is what i’ve been sayin for years! Who Eats Cotton Anyway? Among the many interesting points made in this article, I like two in particular: 1: “However, nearly all subsidies go to growers of just five crops: wheat, cotton, corn, soybeans and rice. By contrast, fruit, vegetable, livestock and poultry operations receive nearly nothing, … Continue reading
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Our stuff
This is the short film, The Story of Stuff, by Annie Leonard. This video shows the plethora of negative consequences of our current system of produce, promote, consume, and throw out. It’s about 20 minutes long, but quite engaging. Take a look! Over the last few years, I have grown more and more disapproving of … Continue reading
response to “The Green Fad” post
When I first read the introduction to Toolbox for Sustainable City Living (reproduced in part in the below post), my first reaction was, I’m so glad that someone else feels the same way that I do, and especially since they are far more eloquent than I am! In particular, the comments about the IMF and … Continue reading
how much food do you waste?
this is a cool little video about food and waste in the united states my favorite part is when it tells us that 50% of the food that we waste is enough to feed all of the hungry people in this nation – that’s about 9.6 million, by the way. austin has about 0.7 million … Continue reading