great article on meat and the envrionment

i just read a really great article on eating meat and the environment over at a blog called "weight of the evidence" here it is. http://weightoftheevidence.blogspot.com/2008/04/solar-powered-plate.html

i like this part the best where she compaires high density feedlots, and pastured cattle

"While the [cattle] industry calls these practices "efficient" - they're anything but, and I'd say are part of the problem we're trying to solve. The equation looks sort of like this:Synthetic Fertilizer & GMO Patented Seeds [$] ----> Pesticides [$] ---> Feed [$] ---> Cows [$] ---> Building [$] ---> Electricity [$] ---> Pharmaceuticals [$] ---> Manure Lagoons [$] ---> Transportation [$] ---> Food

On the other hand, properly raised livestock is solar powered food, it's equation looks like this:Sun [free] ---> Grass [free] ---> Hay & Silage [$] ---> Cow [$] ---> Food & Organic Fertilizer"


as for my personal life things have been all up in the air. my mom's house goes on the market next week so we've been getting it all ready, i'm waiting to hear about a really exciting job in peterborough that i had an interview for, if i stay in ottawa i'm going to have a bio-intesinve garden at bronson and laurier! which is exciting. anyway winter is a good time for reflection and staying in, but i'm glad the sun is shining. time to soak up some vitamin D!