Hey everyone,
I was listening to www.animalvoices.ca's selections from a recent conference in Canada. One of the speakers< Vasile Stanescu, made a wonderful argument against locavorism. He said some things I've thought intuitively but haven't really bothered to look into or write down ( Read more... )

I read an article in New Scientist a few years back.  It was great.  It said "Hey, you know what? Perhaps this 'local thing' isn't all it's cracked up to be.  Maybe eating meat and dairy has a bigger environmental impact and you should stop ( Read more... )

By Kathy Freston, AlterNet. Posted November 30, 2009.

Martha Stewart promotes a vegetarian Thanksgiving? Recently, much attention has been lavished on the horrors of factory farming and the advantages of a meatless diet.On Thanksgiving, I spent some time taking stock of my life and the world around me and, as we’re supposed to do over the holiday ( Read more... )

Full article here. I know this information is hardly a surprise to anyone here, but I think this is a fairly short and easy to read intro on "why and how cows affect climate change". Also it's nice to see this chart:


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One of the arguments that I've found the most logical and persuasive on people when it comes to giving up meat is of course relating it to environmental efforts. Most people are willing to agree that meat production plays a part in global warming, but I've never been able to find actual numbers. Anyone ever manage to find some kind of percentage ( Read more... )

of the cheese. Or at least discussing cutting the cheese, which always makes for good reading. I wonder if it is kosher for a cow to cut the cheese? Anyway, great cover story in the Metrotimes (a local Detroit weekly alternative news magazine) this week. Check it out.