Goat, the Most Sustainable Meat? | Worse Than Peak Oil, Peak Phosphorus | 8 Ways to Reform Farming
Is Goat the New Cow? Why American Foodies and Environmentalists Are Reviving the Old-World Staple Goat is a great way for people to eat locally grown, humanely raised, tasty foods. And unlike the cattle industries, there aren’t any massive, industrialized goat farms. READ MORE Sarah Newman / AlterNet 8 Steps the Department of Justice Could Take to Reform Farming If our farmers are going to survive, large agricultural companies need oversight and regulation — not free rein on the market. READ MORE Robyn O’Brien / AlterNet Worse Than Peak Oil? We’re Quickly Running Out of a Chemical Essential to Growing Food In the not-too-distant future, demand for phosphorus could outstrip supply, playing out a familiar scenario of scarcity, price shocks, riots, starvation and war. READ MORE Melinda Burns / Miller-McCune.com Will Obama’s USDA Atone for Decades of Racism? For decades, rampant racism blocked access to critical government farm loans for thousands of farmers. President Obama appears ready to change that. READ MORE
By Kari Lydersen / AlterNet The Bluefin Tuna Tragedy: Why the Fish May Go From Endangered to Extinct Thanks to lobbying pressure from Japan, the fish will not be banned from international trade, which means it’s likely headed toward extinction. READ MORE
By Barry Estabrook / The Atlantic Why a High-Protein Diet May Make You Fatter Health expert Dean Ornish says high-protein dieters ‘may lose more weight because they are losing water weight. But by the end of the year, the weight usually returns.’ READ MORE
By Kathy Freston / AlterNet Water Wars: Pitting Salmon Against Agribusiness Agribusiness is sucking up water from the Sacramento/ San Joaquin Delta in order to irrigate crops and it’s caused the local salmon population to crash. READ MORE
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