Food

Dodging Denatured foods

writeway — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:42:36 -0800

Denatured is a term that signifies the altering of a protein or product in a way that makes it dysfunctional, unnatural, and abnormal. Commercial processing makes many foods unfit for consumption or for their intended biological purpose. Unfortunately, much of the food made available to us at our supermarkets has been denatured.
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Froggie in a pesticide mine

C Robb — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:17:16 -0800

Amphibians are a bellweather species. Much like a canary in a coal mine they indicate the overall health of the environment.

3rd Free From Power Day

C Robb — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:11:41 -0800

Sorry to say this FFPD has been a total failure on my part, moving house, living in two places at once, and excessive busy-ness are the excuses I claim. All of which are characteristics of the modern hurry up consumerist lifestyle I had hoped FFPD would help me overcome! Can't win em all, I will attempt to do one next weekend to make up for it.

9 Ways To Go Local

LindsayMH — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:24:43 -0700

Locavore, locally sourced, local, we've heard it all....now here's 10 reasons going local is the way to go, or eat rather:

1. Food tastes better! It's newer and fresher!

2. Science says it's better for you, nutrients are lost over time, so the quicker it gets from farm to table the more nutrients are retained
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Be Bee Friendly

C Robb — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:23:49 -0700

There really is no substitute for honeybees. Whether it's the gazillion tonnes of pesticides we pollute our food, land and water with every year, an Israeli virus, extreme lack of diversity through our insane enslavement to monoculture, or genetically modified plants, the honey bees are dying at an alarming rate. Read more...

Soil, organics, and Co2

C Robb — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:28:04 -0700

I've discussed the threats from modern industrial agriculture to one of our most valuable resources, our soil, in past posts.

Here are a few stats from my Soil Erosion post on my blog back on my blog in February of this year.
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Animal Factories

LindsayMH — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:15:14 -0700

I'm currently reading Animal Factories by Jim Mason and Peter Singer. Together they also wrote The Ethics of What We Eat and Peter Singer wrote Animal Liberation. Peter Singer is a philosopher who as written extensively on the subject of animal ethics, Jim Mason is an environmentalist, lecturer, journalist and attorney who specializes in human/animal concerns.
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Musings on science, religion, and Us

C Robb — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:09:06 -0700

I was listening to a lecture/conversation between Wes Jackson of the Land Institute and Wendell Berry this morning and the topic wandered to science and it's mandate. To paraphrase, science doesn't decide what's good, culture does that, within culture religion has largely had a monopoly on that word, that task, that responsibility. Read more...

2nd Free from Power Day

C Robb — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:55:36 -0700

Planning pays off! In the month between the first FFPD and yesterday I built a rocket/vita stove, gathered and dried fuel for it (see below), planned out my menu and gathered my food. Fortunately we had rain so I had some nice fresh water as well though I had a large reserve if needed.
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Slow Sunday - Bake Bread to Save the Planet

rekindled — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:27:21 -0700

Resurgence Slow Sunday www.resurgence.org is a campaign from readers and supporters of the international environmental magazine Resurgence. The aim is to encourage people to take part in small acts of defiance for the environment within their own communities. Read more...