I’ve been spending a lot of time lately assisting my friend Gowan at the Noyo Food Forest, which produces fruits and vegetables in a production garden as well as several smaller demonstration plots around the coast. Their primary clients are the schools, who order fresh produce for use in their cafeterias, and they also sell …
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Food Systems: Not Globally Universal!
Among many vegetarians and vegans of my acquaintance, the idea that animal products are inherently inefficient is broadly accepted. In fact, some people I know have specifically chosen that diet because they have concerns about food chain inefficiency, and on the surface, the argument is compelling. It costs much more to raise the grain to …
Hooked Gremlins
Gigi Generaux at Las Vegas City Life: Abject professors Next Monday, Sam Hollister will commute between all three CSN campuses to teach three undergraduate courses in one day. Spencer Wilking at New York Press: To Serve, to Protect and…to Steal The bargain shopping came to an end when “Alirla” was revealed to be Pythias Brown, …
Screaming Maples
Alastair Bland at East Bay Express: The Slow Death of Mushrooms The reasons for the decline, he speculates, are manyfold — including development, deforestation, and overgrazing by pigs and deer. Denis C. Theriault at Portland Mercury: Give the FBI a Chance? And after Mayor Sam Adams last week submitted his long-awaited plan for ending the …
Cloudy Lynxes
Abby Rapoport at Texas Observer: School Daze …instead of messages lambasting government and the injustice of taxation, these protesters had a dramatically different message: “Texas: Open for Business, Closed for Schools,” read one sign. “Tax me,” read another, “Texas children are worth it.” Holly Otterbein at Philadelphia City Paper: Still in Business Gosnell’s clinic hadn’t …
Itchy Ladybugs
Greg Cook at Boston Phoenix: Cambridge author Caleb Neelon traces graffiti’s hidden history And it’s astonishingly illustrated by hundreds of snapshots, mostly by the artists themselves. “Nearly every single artwork featured in this book,” Neelon and Gastman note, “has been destroyed.” Ben Waterhouse and Ruth Brown at Willamette Week: Drip City Even Seattle’s coffee connoisseurs …
Dewy Mongeese
Wayne Roberts at NOW Toronto: Party brands go poof But voters’ concerns reflect the inevitable stresses of an obsolete system for choosing political representatives, a system that’s more damaging than even the champions of proportional representation recognize. Gus Garcia-Roberts at Miami New Times: Coach Bernard Wright’s talent trap In local high school circles, Wright’s name …
Embargoed Pigs
Andy Bromage at Seven Days: Doggie DNA As cheap pet DNA test kits have proliferated in recent years, an increasing number of dog owners are shelling out money — usually $60 to $100 — to find out what breeds their mutts mix. Dave Lieberman at OC Weekly: Five Things You’d Think Would Be Vegan–But Aren’t …
Crowing Pies
Editorial at The Guardian: The magic of the monarchy The marriage of a prince to a commoner – a true bridging of class divides, if ever there was one – represents the perfect moment for progressives to commit again to the promise of hereditary monarchy. Google Staff: Announcing GMail Motion Gmail Motion uses your computer’s …
Impatient Hens
Michael Roberts at Westword: Colorado Juvenile Equal Protection Act: Should terms be lowered for 48 lifers busted as juvies? According to Levy, the Colorado Juvenile Equal Protection Act, officially known as HB 1287 (read it below), would allow juveniles sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole to be eligible for this process …
