La Vida Locavore - Recent Comments

no, there isn't one

Jill Richardson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:40:19 GMT

perhaps partially because it's almost impossible to do. That was my goal, honestly. I wanted to find a bunch of major votes and then rate the percent of times they voted with us. The problem is that a lot of these bills are proposed but never voted on. Then there's the farm bill, which was voted on as a whole by the entire House and Senate but that's hardly instructive for us to see if they side with us or not. Most of them voted for it, even overriding Bush's veto. And if someone voted against it, it could have been for any number of reasons. We're more interested in how they might have voted on any of the individual provisions within the farm bill, but those never got a real vote, outside of a handful of amendments.

Does anyone have a food-issue rating system

ronshepston — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:26:56 GMT

for Congress? That would help us understand where they stand without digging through Thomas.gov as you've done. Someone would have to do it but sharing it would make it easier for others.

What's going on?

ronshepston — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:22:26 GMT

Is this really the advice he's getting? And why? I'm sure there are really good choices out there.

a girl I knew in college

Jill Richardson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:50:39 GMT

took the weight loss drug that gives you the runs. I just couldn't believe it. When I heard about the product I thought "Who would be so desperate to get thin without working out and eating well that they would put up with anal leakage??" Well...

It's happening everywhere: all the little shops owned by

Asinus Asinum Fricat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:56:15 GMT

families have gone under, and replaced by supermarkets. Your local grocer or baker is almost a thing of the past.

thanks for highlighting this issue

Jill Richardson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:26:53 GMT

I find it very frustrating that we live in a society that is so willing to deny people access to healthy food and then has the nerve to point fingers at them for being fat and tell them to eat better if they want to lose weight.

oh, amazing

Jill Richardson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:21:53 GMT

I remember that incident. I was much younger at the time, still in school, and always far better in math & science than I was in English. And yes I'm a girl.

Who knows what his problem is but I don't want anyone like that in charge of anything at all. Honestly, the idea that a country may have too little pollution so we should go do something about that...

Combination of both...

JayinPortland — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:55:10 GMT

and arrogance - people like him kind of think "well, what are they gonna do about it anyway?".

Fortunately for us, that kind of thinking has a way of bringing them down eventually.

white house food

Snaketruck — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:51:04 GMT

Having had lunch there (the Navy's / V.P.'s dining room), granted, a loooong time ago, I can say the food was just so-so. Thus, they could really use a good herb garden in that place. I remember that there was no menu. You could ask for whatever you desired. I got a burger & fries. My little brother got a grilled cheese sandwich. Mmmmmm, government cheese!

Farmed fish are low in Omega 3 fatty acids

elfling — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:05:54 GMT

because their diet doesn't include a source of Omega 3.

So is this guy just a creep or does

elfling — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:04:07 GMT

his mouth just run a couple of miles ahead of his brain?

He's also the guy who had to resign as the President of Harvard after suggesting that there weren't women in science because they didn't have the talent for it.

http://www.boston.com/news/loc...

http://www.boston.com/news/edu...

Omega 3 and Fish

dpmsurf — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:51:27 GMT

Another problem with fish is that Omega 3 is a great addition to everyone's diet. So everyone is trying to purchase fish oil and or eat more fish. Our fish are in dire need of a break or we will have none left. A good thing is that Krill Oil is supposed to be better then Fish oil for increasing Omega 3. The reasons being Krill Oil has higher anti oxidants levels. Krill is a much more renewable food source. The omega 3 fats are bound to phoshpolipids which make the omega 3 more absorbent by the body. So if you are looking for a source to increase your omega 3 levels give krill oil a try. To Learn More About Omega 3 -> Krill Oil

my favorite are the random bills you stumble into

Jill Richardson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:41:27 GMT

like resolutions to praise someone's favorite football star or to declare National Pet Week, etc. It just kills me that we are paying these people's salaries so they can do shit like that.

your recipe diaries are hilarious

Jill Richardson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:21:28 GMT

I'm sure I could come up with some similar cooking instructions given how my cooking goes with my cats around. Molly likes to share green beans with me, and now squash. I don't mind sharing but it does bother me that she uses her paw to try and get my food - given all the other places that those paws go.

This is such an excellent diary

Jill Richardson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:15:04 GMT

I've been meaning to post something I read recently about how fish actually protect coral. So kill the fish and there goes the coral too. I'm sure it's all like that - break one part of the ecosystem and you break the ecosystem.

Fish are tasty but I'd much rather let an orca eat my share than insist on having it myself. And fish farming - the way it's done - is particularly heinous.