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Superfood or Monster From the Deep? | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL
Posted by Jeff
"People just aren't eating salmon or sardines twice a day," said Ellie Halevy, director for marketing of Tropicana, which is owned by PepsiCo. "But they will drink two glasses of orange juice, if it has no fishy taste and all the benefits." Orange juice laced with anchovies is one example of the latest way major food companies are competing for health-conscious consumers: plugging one food into another and claiming the health benefits of both.
Cows Can Be Transported For 52 Hours Without Food or Water
Posted by Jeff from Feeds.treehugger
Just the Facts: How the Middle Class Got Stuck
Posted by Jeff from Yes! Magazine
Interesting chart showing how the middle class is getting squeezed by rising prices.
Man In Oregon Trades Murder Plea For Fast Food Buffet
Posted by jeremy from Nypost
For two years, a Brooklyn thug sat in an Oregon jail awaiting trial for a coldblooded murder, and all the fat felon could think about was food - a bucket of greasy chicken, a mouthful of lasagna, a slice of pizza.
A Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage?
Posted by Jon from New York Times
When you flush in Santa Ana, the waste makes its way to the sewage-treatment plant nearby in Fountain Valley, then sluices not to the ocean but to a plant that superfilters the liquid until it is cleaner than rainwater. The "new" water is then pumped 13 miles north and discharged into a small lake, where it percolates into the earth. Local utilities pump water from this aquifer and deliver it to the sinks and showers of 2.3 million customers. It is now drinking water. If you like the idea, you call it indirect potable reuse. If the idea revolts you, you call it toilet to tap.
Clinton urges stronger Aids effort
Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss
Posted by Jon from New York Times
"The highest form of luxury is now growing it yourself or paying other people to grow it for you," said Corby Kummer, the food columnist and book author. "This has become fashion."
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There are myriad reasons to eat less meat or at least eat local and "happy meat" that has been raised on grass and treated properly. Here is another that I didn't know:
Current regulations allow cattle to be transported for up to 52 hours without water, food or rest. Pigs, horses or poultry can be without water, food or rest for 36 hours. Transport trucks don't have heating or cooling, so imagine a trip from Alberta to Texas in winter.
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