Eating as Though the Environment Mattered

Bruce Friedrich's Eating as Though the Environment Mattered discusses the major impacts different diets have on the environment.The article highlights the damage caused by meat production and consumption including that "eating meat causes more global warming than everything else combined" and that "the meat industry causes global poverty." Read the whole article on the Huff Post GREEN blog.

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Food Politics

Happy 5th Birthday: Pew Commission

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Marion Nestle, author of the book Food Politics, shares valuable insight about the politics involved in food production and distribution in her blog. Check out this link to an article about the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, specifically the report Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America. Nestle was a member of the Commission herself, and she explains in her article that the  most concerning aspect of industrialized farming is the "overuse of antibiotics and the shocking environmental impact of vast amounts of animal waste."

Farmers vs. Frackers

Organic farmer Greg Swartz explains that nearby fracking operations are causing serious environmental issues on his Willow Wisp Organic Farm near the Delaware River in northern Pennsylvania. Fracking has also been linked to a number of detrimental health problems. Watch the video to learn more about the serious risks that fracking operations pose on both the environment and human safety.

Visit the Ecocentric blog for more information about Greg Swartz's farm and the issue of fracking.