Taking it to Extremes
Two news stories about ascetic practices taken to the extreme have been making the rounds lately. The first story involves an Indian sadhu who claims to have not eaten since 1940. (The linked article uses the…
Food
The war on food miles
More on the war on food miles. Ronald Bailey from the conservative reasononline argues that air freighting food accounts for a small fraction of the CO2 emitted in getting food from farm to our plates, and…
The Hidden Costs of Eating Meat
Ezra Klein, who blogs so often and well on food-related issues, discusses feedlots, where most of our meat comes from, the subsidization of meat which hides its true cost, and Michael Pollan’s food proposals for our…
Stop Eating, You’re Destroying the Planet
Put down that Chicken McNugget / carrot / wild mushroom. No matter what you’re eating, no matter how healthy or environmentally-friendly it’s supposed to be, by eating it, you’re destroying the planet. Nothing’s safe, or sacred.…
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