The False Hope of Biofuels
I know we are all holding out great hopes for biofuels, but these nagging pieces keep showing up in the papers… The False Hope of Biofuels: “Biofuels such as ethanol
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Common Ground: The Shortest Food Chain
Here’s another article on the sustainable foods culture. The tie is to the book by Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Looks like another trip to the booksellers for me. Everthing I
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Support Your Local Farmer, Craftsperson, and Shopkeeper
It looks like if there is a common thread running through recent posts it is the idea of buying local. My concern was originally in the way of food. I
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‘Organic’ Loses Its Freshness
Small organic growers stubbornly plug away, but the “O” word now means something entirely different—used to lend credibility to “industrial organic” food produced on large, factory-style farms. Buy fresh, locally grown food produced by someone you know. Once the relationship between producer and consumer is re-established, both will benefit.
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Pandemic
Everyone is worried about avian flu, but it looks like death by childhood disease instead. Once one of these mutates, we will all be in trouble. The word is if you were born between 1957 and the late 60s, your measles immunization wasn’t all that effective. Oops.
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Daily Kos: Science Friday: Tis The Season
Daily Kos: Science Friday: Tis The Season: “Science Friday: Tis The Season by DarkSyde Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 03:41:48 AM PDT In the aftermath of the devastating 2005 hurricane
