Composting hurts my ears!
Sun Chips are crispy and delicious. The bag is crispy and ear-shattering.
Archive for the ‘Food and Agriculture’ Category
Google’s Grazing Goats
Fire the neighbor kid and just buy yourself a goat. Your lawn will thank you.
Egg-ulations: the cure may be worse than the disease
The egg recall has many clamoring for stricter food safety regulations. But do they really make us safer, or quietly subvert our one hope for a sustainable food system?
The Big Bag Battle: Can reusable bags make you sick?
In the case of Plastic vs. Reusable Bags, the prosecution is trying to play dirty. But do reusable bags really carry more nasty bacteria that can make you sick?
7 Foods the Experts Won’t Eat
Popcorn and salmon and apples, oh my! Which foods are safe, and which ones do scientists and farmers leave on the table?
America’s Drinking Problem
Which is worse: a 20 ounce bottle of Sunkist soda, or a Breyer’s Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich? Hint: one has 6 times more sugar than the other.
Decoding Produce
If you buy apples, you are undoubtedly familiar with the little plastic sticker that mars the otherwise shiny, red exterior of your afternoon snack. What you don’t know is that the sticker is trying to tell you something very important.
Brazil Calls Our Bluff
Tweet via Greentech Media: One of the main arguments that pro-ethanol lobby groups like the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy make in defense of the generous Congressional subsidies to U.S. corn ethanol producers is that Brazil unfairly competes by slapping a 20% tariff on imported ethanol, effectively locking out U.S. ethanol exports. Well, [...]
Food Pyramids – Supply and Demand
Tweet This Food Pyramid infographic has been making the rounds lately, asking the question “Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac?” The answer it suggests is that government funding for the meat and dairy industries makes bad foods cheap. Sound familiar? These pyramids have been widely lambasted for engaging in bad graphic [...]
