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Why Most Food Could Never Be “Local” Friday, 12 March 2010
Eating “Local Food” is an appealing ideal in theory, but it runs into several “reality issues.” As much as people might want locally produced food, there are practical issues of land availability, land costs, grower economics, water availability, and climate which sharply restrict the range of foods that could ever be practically gro […]
Can Someone Explain “Organic Tobacco” to Me? Friday, 12 March 2010
I was at a turf industry trade show yesterday talking to a salesperson from a company that markets Organic fertilizer to golf courses (they describe it as the “natural amino acids found in feather, blood, meat and fish meals”). There are actually a lot of better, controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer options for turf, but I decided just to be p […]
Eating Vegan: Where do You Get Your Protein? Friday, 12 March 2010
Second only to “I would die without cheese!”, folks ask all the time about where vegans get their protein. For someone accustomed to centering their dinner plate around a piece of animal protein, I can see how this might seem like a problem. You take that steak off of your plate, and you’re basically living on salad and potatoes. Not that I […]