Archive for December 8, 2008
Brazil Allows Some Illegal Deforestation?
Following-up my post about deforestation and shade-grown coffee, I came across this gem in the Economist:
Brazil’s government pledged to cut the amount of illegal deforestation in the Amazon over the next decade to 5,000 sq km (1,930 square miles) a year, or less than half the current rate. This followed the release of data showing [...]
December 8, 2008
Tags: agriculture, green Posted in: Politics 
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KFC Challenge: 0, Home-Made Meals: 1
I don’t know about you, but I am tired of fast-food restaurants billing themselves as the go-to answer for all of our food concerns. Take the recent string of commercials by KFC: they challenge an “average family” to procure items needed to make a KFC dinner at lower cost than at the restaurant. Needless to say, the family is stumped. [...]
December 8, 2008
Tags: blogging, blogs, fast-food, marketing, moms, nutrition Posted in: Health, Uncategorized No Comments
