Time to mow the grass. But do you know how much pollution is generated by conventional, gas-powered lawn mowers and the two-stroke engine on your leaf blower? Consider these factoids: __A gasoline-powered lawn mower in one hour spews as much pollution as 40 late-model cars driven the same one hour. __The emissions from a modern […]
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China is making the best case yet for eating locally. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the importation of several types of farm-raised seafood from China because it was contaminated with illicit chemicals, some cancer causing. Included in the ban are catfish, shrimp, eels, basa — a kind of catfish — and […]
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Just back from my work assignment on the island of Anguilla, I sought to catch up and turned first to Ethicurian. For those of you unfamiliar, Ethicurian is the best source for news about our world-wide food system. And having come from a place dependent on processed, packaged and frozen foods, a couple of articles […]
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