Tag Archive 'water'

May 03 2009

Giving hams to thieves

Every once in awhile I hear a story about someone transforming a moment of violence or theft, and I am moved. It’s like a peace activist’s dream come true – to have an opportunity to put all those theories to the test and find a humanizing outcome.
I have learned a lot about sustainable living and [...]

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Nov 25 2008

Food Insecurity #2, Meat Industry

Published by annalisa144 under journal entries, local food

2. Amount of food grown for the meat industry
Does this even need to be mentioned? 1 pound of beef requires 8 pounds of grain (and tons of water, and leaves a bunch of pollution, but I’ll get to that later). Eating the grain would have saved everyone a lot of time, money and been gentler [...]

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