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  Monsanto...Microsoft?

  Why doesn't Monsanto get sued the way Microsoft did when it basically tried to severely limit competition?  And why isn't the American public outraged over the fact that one company could be allowed to so freely manipulate the food supply like Monsanto does--AND poison little children slave workers in other countries?On Monsanto uses child labor in its Indian cottonseed fields posted 1 year, 8 months ago 4 Responses

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  Horton Hears A Vegetable

  Ah, how wonderful that anyone is talking about veganism at all, much less coining new words for some of its aspects.  

  As for chefs (or anyone who cooks for that matter) who look askance at the plates of vegetarians/vegans, I say, how unimaginative!  And you call yourself a chef?  

  It's always so disappointing to go into a nice restaurant (I'm a vegan, so it's rare to eat out anyway) and find that the vegetable dish is an afterthought, a garnish--decoration, no less!  Unfortunately, I think that's the way most people view the natural world anyway.  Trees, grass, blue sky and water--lovely backdrops, but really only tinsel.  Is it no wonder then that our "chefs" can draw no inspiration from the earth's green bounty?On Veganism as relationship deal breaker posted 1 year, 9 months ago 17 Responses

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  No Monsanto label

  I think the companies should have a right to put a label on the milk that says, "No Monsanto" on it or something then.  

  Though, I agree, it really is unfortunate that people continue to consume milk when even the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture puts out reports about how rife with bacteria it is--even AFTER pasteurization.  Plus, momma cow can't have her babies around hogging up all that good-for-cows milk, so, guess what?  Little boy cows get taken away to get slowly tortured to become veal and little girl cows (if they're lucky) get to turn right back around to become constantly-pregnant mommas themselves to make more milk for people!

  And lest you think that the above scenario doesn't happy on those "happy farms" you all are getting your milk from now, just ask that farmer what happen to the those milk cows' calves--oh, and ask him what happens to momma when her milk runs dry, too, while you're at it.  On Pennsylvania bans hormone- and antibiotic-free labels on dairy products posted 2 years ago 21 Responses

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  How to make people see...

  I wish I knew what would kick people in the gut enough for them to say enough is enough.  My father was just in the hospital with blood clots in his leg and in his lungs.  He's overweight and has a terrible diet.  He's now on warfarin (which was originally manufactured as a rat poison), still has the clots, but the other day I found him eating a deep dish Canadian bacon pizza with a big glass of soda.  Personally, I think someone needs to jump down the throat of physicians, as well, for being so irresponsible as to prescribe people medicines without addressing dietary and lifestyle issues.  

  Maybe if more doctors were scaring people with the realities of their fatty, meat-laden diets, more people would be eschewing meat.  I say physicians need to come out in force, too, and quit hiding behind their pharmaceutical reps.On Looking at an industrial-meat giant's China deal posted 2 years, 2 months ago 5 Responses

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  Green Mansions

  I think it depends on how many families are living in it.  Hey, maybe this person has mom and dad move in and maybe a brother and his family, and it's all good.  

  What boggles my mind is that a family of 3 or 4 people thinks it needs this much space.  Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.  I'm with the other commenter who said, what a waste of good money.  On Should USGBC certify a 15,000-sq.-ft. home as green? posted 2 years, 2 months ago 40 Responses