It’s that time of year when scenes like this unfold in our neighborhood here in the nation’s capitol: a National Park Service employee pushing leaves around the sidewalk with the most polluting device known to man–a gas-powered leaf blower. Does anybody else remember when we did this with a broom and rake? How do we [...]
A vocal segment of the food and environmental movements would have us abandon meat and embrace a plant-based diet on grounds that cattle contribute too much to greenhouse emissions. It’s a simple-minded approach to complex problems posed by world overpopulation that overlooks the nutritional consequences of such a radical change in food habits. Over 2.6 million years, [...]
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The U.S. Geological Service has released results of a seven-year study showing that mercury was found in every single fish tested in nearly 300 of the nation’s streams. Mercury levels in nearly a quarter of the samples were found to excede what the government considers safe for consumption. The biggest source of mercury in the [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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