Here's some of the latest news, blog posts, and fun internet toys:
- A Charlottesville, VA paper writes about the virtues of their new grocery store, built with eco-friendly materials and practices. So, to honor the eco-friendliness of it, the author provides a list of items not to buy in the store. As noted, that eliminates most of the products. Which means they could have made the building MUCH smaller and thus MORE eco-friendly.
- Scientists found a new way of making herbicide resistant plants. It's still GMO, but the gene changes are less significant than current methods used to make herbicide resistant GMOs. My thoughts? They are sooo missing the point. It's nice that they found a new way to do it, but haven't they heard about the herbicide-resistant weeds that have been popping up lately? The GMO techno-fixes are short term, at best.
- Here's the latest from the evil Center for
Corporate Front Groups Consumer Freedom: They accuse Dr. David Kessler of "conspiracy theories" because he exposed how the food industry intentionally leads consumers to overeat. Dr. Kessler, if CCF is pissed off at you, then you know you're on the right track.
- From Alternet: Agriculture is One of the Most Polluting and Dangerous Industries
- Fast food is why you're rich. No, not because you eat McDonalds. Because you literally eat fast. An analysis of a number of different countries found that the faster you eat, the fatter you are - and the richer you are. Is it worth it? I'd still rather be French.
- A new study says that virtually all of our weight gain is explained by our diets and exercise plays less of a role. Interesting.
- Check out Neighborhood Fruit, a site that shows maps of major cities and the locations of fruit trees. In other words, FREE FRUIT! Currently available are Seattle, San Francisco, and LA. Oh please, somebody, put San Diego on that website so I can start cashing in!
- New York State might get a Prop 2! If passed, the bill A08163 would essentially do the same thing as California's Prop 2, banning the cruelest practices for veal calves, breeding sows, and egg laying hens.
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