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BPA Storage Solution Sep 19, 2008
Plastic Got You Down? Use Glass Instead
After the findings of a study about bisphenol A (BPA) plastic was released earlier this week, the debate about plastic bottles rages on. As the Los Angeles Times reported, British researchers found that BPA may increase the risk of cardiovascular... more
New Site For Foodie Shoppers Sep 17, 2008
Satisfy Your Local Food Cravings From Around The Country
Heading into the holiday season (I know it seems early, but the holidays are just around the corner) check out the new web site for foodies: Regional Best, sells “local foods that make America great” with artisanal products from around the... more
A Real Hamburger Helper Sep 16, 2008
New Label Helps Consumers Track Meat
Figuring out your food miles will get easier by October. As the Chicago Tribune reported, starting September 30, a new federal law will require meat labels that show the country of origin on beef, pork, chicken, lamb, as well as fruits, veggies,... more
What's For Dinner? Sep 12, 2008
You May Be Eating More Cloned Meat Than You Think
At the start of this year, the FDA declared that the meat and milk from cloned cows was safe. Last week, as Gourmet.com reported, they admitted that it was “’theoretically possible’ that the meat from the offspring of cloned cattle... more
Become a Tuesday-Tarian Sep 11, 2008
Tips To Reduce Your Meat Eating
In the spirit of Tuesday-Tarianism (or Wednesday or Thursday-tarianism, whichever day you prefer to go meat-less), here are five ways to reduce your meat intake without feeling like there’s a hole on your dinner plate. Increase variety as you decrease... more
Save The World One Day A Week Sep 10, 2008
Become A Tuesday-Tarian
Have you had meat yet today? If you have, you might want to rethink tomorrow’s menu. According to South Africa's The Star newspaper, meat eaters’ diets are responsible for double the amount of emissions than vegetarian diets. Eat meat, said the... more
What's In Your Spinach? Sep 8, 2008
New FDA Regs May Allow Leafy Greens To Be X-Rayed
In the future, bags of spinach and iceberg lettuce may be x-rayed in order to kill bacteria before the veggies get washed and slathered in Ranch dressing. In response to the recent E. coli and salmonella outbreaks that took lettuce... more
Getting To The Core Sep 5, 2008
What You Should Know Heading Into Apple Season
News flash: this year has been a bad one for Michigan’s apples. Spring frosts and summer hail storms wrecked havoc on apples, with a potential loss of 20 percent or more, and we haven’t even gotten through the fall harvest.... more
Have A Green Back To School Sep 2, 2008
No Tray Policies On Campus
No Tray policies are spreading on university campuses. Some started this Earth Day and hopefully, more will start No Tray policies this school year. Between 50 and 60 percent of the colleges that Aramark works with went tray-less, as did 109 colleges... more
Revolutionary War Hero Revived Aug 29, 2008
Randall Lineback Cows Are Making A Comeback
The Randall Lineback breed of cattle with their white belts down their back, black sides and muzzle, may have helped win the Revolutionary War, but that didn’t save them from near extinction. The breed of cattle was sent over from... more
Environmental Working Group discovered that developing fetuses are born with an average 200 toxic chemicals inside them (taken from The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved by Sandor Katz).
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Initially, this article brought a smile to my face, as not only do I support avoiding the use of pesticides in crops, but I also happen to be a vegeterian in the true sense of the word; I avoid eating all animal products and therefore feel I make a significiant impact on the environment.
However, when I read this statement: , "And, bonus: once the pigs have solved the beetle problem, Koan plans to sell them as organic pork.", I realized that this was just another article, another idea, that is really just "half green".
Until we realize the full impact of the cycle we are in by producing pigs, chickens, cows, etc, for food, we will never reach "green". Until we stop viewing animals as a commodity, we will never reach "green". And until it sinks in that eating animals and animal products is horrible for our health and the environment, these half green ideas are both offensive and embarrassing.
Granted, animals that are raised humanely are better than factory farmed animals, but eating them offers nothing nutritionally (Dr. John McDougall, "The McDougall Plan" and John Robbins, "Diet for a New America") to humans and only affects the environment marginally, if at all.
It is hard to take anyone seriously who claims they are an environmentalist while continuing to consume animals. I am sure I will get some replies questing whether I wear leather, own a car, etc., however it is our daily food choices that have the most impact on the enviorment on so many levels, hands down.
Truthfully, what I find most disturbing about this article is how little respect is payed to the hard working pigs. Once again, and inevitably, this article is less about the environment than it about human consumption-what we get out of it.
Ironically enough, the less we eat animals, organic or not, the better off our health, and the environment, will be.
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