Beets in the Hood:
"Sixteen years ago, Allen gave up a lucrative job working for Procter & Gamble's corporate marketing department to found Growing Power, a tiny working farm in the heart of Milwaukee."
I can't imagine how Allen could be more successful running an urban farm and selling the benefits, but it seems like fun.
How does he get the space to grow enough plants to keep himself alive?
Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner:
"Al Gore didn't talk about it at all; 25 to 33 percent of climate change gases can be traces to the food system."
I can understand that exchanges of carbon dioxide and oxygen through plants and animals contribute to climate, but I would have never guessed that the food system had such a big impact.
Does this also contribute to global warming?
Veg-O-Might:
"It takes nearly 1 gallon of fossil fuel and 5,200 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of conventionally fed beef."
That seems extremely inefficient. Considering the average american eats about 100 pounds of beef per year, this is a very ridiculous method of food production.
I wonder if these facts were taken to produce a single pound of beef? For example, maybe the same resources could be used to produce individual pounds of beef simultaneously so thousands of pounds of beef could be made. What are the sources of this statistic?
This Little Piggy Goes Home:
" ' I was doomed - I knew this was what I was meant to do,' he says."
I find it interesting that he used the word 'doomed'. I would have used the word 'destined' or 'predetermined' or something along those lines, but not doomed. Doomed is a very negative word.
Are there parts of his job that he doesn't enjoy that would lead him to say 'doomed'?
"Sixteen years ago, Allen gave up a lucrative job working for Procter & Gamble's corporate marketing department to found Growing Power, a tiny working farm in the heart of Milwaukee."
I can't imagine how Allen could be more successful running an urban farm and selling the benefits, but it seems like fun.
How does he get the space to grow enough plants to keep himself alive?
Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner:
"Al Gore didn't talk about it at all; 25 to 33 percent of climate change gases can be traces to the food system."
I can understand that exchanges of carbon dioxide and oxygen through plants and animals contribute to climate, but I would have never guessed that the food system had such a big impact.
Does this also contribute to global warming?
Veg-O-Might:
"It takes nearly 1 gallon of fossil fuel and 5,200 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of conventionally fed beef."
That seems extremely inefficient. Considering the average american eats about 100 pounds of beef per year, this is a very ridiculous method of food production.
I wonder if these facts were taken to produce a single pound of beef? For example, maybe the same resources could be used to produce individual pounds of beef simultaneously so thousands of pounds of beef could be made. What are the sources of this statistic?
This Little Piggy Goes Home:
" ' I was doomed - I knew this was what I was meant to do,' he says."
I find it interesting that he used the word 'doomed'. I would have used the word 'destined' or 'predetermined' or something along those lines, but not doomed. Doomed is a very negative word.
Are there parts of his job that he doesn't enjoy that would lead him to say 'doomed'?
No comments:
Post a Comment