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foodkarmaalert@blogspot.comOn Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled posted 2 years, 1 month ago 9 Responses

Just because it hasn't worked doesn't mean stop...

I agree that food aid is not the answer --- least not in the manner in which we've historically done it.  Dumping food in times of crisis.  This is a necessary course of action when the people on the receiving end will die without it.  But, to me, it seems that to be effective we need to be more grass roots in our efforts.  We need to send people in to enable development of sustainable agriculture.

Maybe if we put more effort into spreading our good fortune through peaceful means there'd be less people out there that hate us and we wouldn't be wasting money on war and the so-called "war on terrorism".  I know this is a naive view, but I'd rather have hope than spew negativity and selfishness.

foodkarmaalert.blogspot.comOn U.S. food aid low, getting lower posted 2 years, 1 month ago 3 Responses

I think you all are missing the point

It's not so much that you should stop eating meat as that you should open your eyes and pay attention to where it came from, how it was produced and what affect that production is having on the environment.  The fact of the matter is that meat and poultry production in this country is done in a non-sustainable way and that it is in fact generating more greenhouse gases than automobiles!  That's not necessary.  You don't have to stop eating meat (although I did and I feel spectacular and I don't have to worry about my protein content, that's naive) -- just eat less of it!On Driving Us to Vegetarianism posted 2 years, 3 months ago 14 Responses

true that

Yeah, in this case it seems that the parent company may be savvy enough to keep a good thing good. There is hope!  ;-)

Cory

why?

probably for the same reason that Kiehls sold out to Loreal, Powerbar sold to Nestle, Glaceau (Vitamin Water) sold to Pepsi (I think it was) --- because the almighty dollar speaks --- loudly...  And because these companies put the pressure on.  This is one of the main modes for growth --- aquisitions and mergers --- yuck!  So, these small companies come out with a great product and then the big ones buy it, put their R&D teams to work to "optimize" it (in other words screw it up with loads of additives and cheap ingredients).

Even Whole Foods has to aquire (Wild Oats) to grow enough to keep the stock market happy --- ugghhh...

Cory

Beijing...

Good point made here --- and mind you I'm not in any way excusing the problem --- it's just interesting to consider that we stand in judgement of China for their lack of environmental controls based on our own adharmic experience of using and abusing the land for the past 100 years or more to come to the place where we can stand back and say "oh no China, you must do it this way because you're polluting the earth".  I mean if you look at it from their perspective they just want what we have --- and we've had no qualms with waving it in front of the rest of the world at every opportunity.  There is so much good in the U.S. -- we just need to start setting a better example and taking responsibility for our role in the problems of the world.On And Now for Something Completely Familiar posted 2 years, 3 months ago 2 Responses

new money

I was in Beijing for a couple weeks in April --- met a guy from Shanghai.  According to him cars are a status symbol in Beijing, whereas apartments are in Shanghai.  Interesting...

Cory