Peanut Kernels from this Changeling Earth


Pollan again tries to remind the world that 99% of us eat unsustainably produced foods
December 18, 2007, 7:41 pm
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Michael Pollen in a new installment at the New York Times salvages the term ’sustainability’ from being hooded over the unsustainable wolf. Read about cows, pigs, bees, and almonds and their mechanization in industrial agriculture!



Try not to buy Stuff from over there this year
December 17, 2007, 5:10 pm
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Another smart video series that gets us thinking about how the ridiculously low costs of most products sitting on store shelves get that ridiculously low.

Here’s the teaser:

There’s more where that came from. Just look at storyofstuff.com for the story of stuff. How simple was that?