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Burger and fr ... uh, what was I saying?
Grist - 12/2/2008.
Study links fast-food diets to Alzheimer's.
Local Food Plus: A Model for Food Citizenship in North America
WorldChanging - 12/2/2008.
The price we pay at the grocery store is not the true cost of our food. Our food systems allow many major costs to be externalized. These externalities include transportation, soil degradation, irrigation-related groundwater depletion, and pesticide and fertilizer misuse. This means that eventually, taxpayers foot the bill for these, without ever making the connection between faux food policy and its social and environmental tolls.
A Message for Climate Change Negotiators: Small Farmers Key to Combating Climate Change
Common Dreams - 12/2/2008.
As world leaders meet in Poznan, Poland this week to work out a foundation for a new international climate change treaty, they would do well to seek the council of some unconventional advisors: peasant farmers.
For Three Years, Every Bite Organic
New York Times - 12/1/2008.
Fruits, vegetables and animals can be 100 percent organic. What about people? In a fascinating experiment — on himself — Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician and author in Danville, Calif., decided to find out. For the last three years, Dr. Greene has eaten nothing but organic foods, whether he’s cooking at home, dining out or snacking on the road.
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