Whoever it is, will they “Eat the View?” The race to be the next Democratic presidential nominee is pretty much down to the wire. Whoever the next president turns out to be, crafty kitchen garden enthusiasts are using On Day One, an online compilation of citizen’s ideas, to encourage him or her to plant an edible garden on the White House Lawn. Kitchen Gardeners International has cooked up a cute widget you can use to help support the campaign.
New Pew Study Says CAFOs Stink Late last month, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP), a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, released a study based on a 2.5 year investigation into industrial ag practices. The report makes a call for immediate change, deeming the negative effects of factory farming “too great” and scientific evidence “too strong to ignore.” Among the “unacceptable” results posed by CAFOs are serious risks to public health, the environment, animal welfare and rural communities.
Views to Chew On Esteemed nutritionist Marion Nestle offers up links to a series of articles from The Washington Post (nice graphics) as well as Vandana Shiva’s thoughts on the crisis the UN is calling “the silent tsunami.” (What to Eat)
Green Eggs and Mom The Daily Green has posted what look like some fabulous recipes for a Mother’s Day Brunch. If you live near your mother, consider gathering some groceries at the farmers’ market (make sure those eggs are pasture-raised!) and treating her to a home-cooked breakfast — she’ll eat it up!
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