Speaking as a parent and devoted follower of Frances Moore Lappe's research, writing and educating we overfed Americans that world hunger is a political, poverty and trade disgrace, I am so pleased to see her daughter, Anna has stepped up to carry on her fight.  We parents live with hope our children will contribute some or all of their adult life to making this a better world.  Praise them that do.

John McCormick

First, I'm under the impression that one of the main pathways through which agriculture leads to CO2 release is because soil is eroded and CO2 is released as a result of irrigation and plowing.  Is there any way to figure out which food is grown in such a way that the soil is not contributing greenhouse gases?  It's beyond organic, and it sounds like it might be difficult to determine, unless you were using permaculture/biointensive type techniques.

Second, the main reason livestock contributes to greenhouse gases, according to the UN report that everybody seems to use, is because of the deforestation undertaken in order to clear land for livestock.  Is there any way to identify meat that has not been grown in deforested areas?