Tag Archives: diet

Reduce soybean demand and lower deforestation pressure

Posted on November 27, 2024 by borderslynn

On reading the Soil Association report ‘ An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating’, I am struck by the soundness of this 10 year effort in Europe to move to Agro-ecological methodologies to provide sustainable farming methods … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agro-ecology, animal welfare, biodiversity, diet, disease, Europe, factory farming reversal, food security, health, land protection, organic farming, small farm development | Leave a comment

We eat to forget. Then we eat for relief.

Posted on July 7, 2021 by borderslynn

The above title is from Michael Moss’s book ‘Hooked’ (p71). Moss’s book explains how our bodies have evolved since ancestral hominids roamed the Ethiopian landscape. He then brings us up to date with the chemistry of modern processed foods. People … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, compulsive behaviour, Covid, diet, disease, fast foods, flavourists, overeating, ultra processed foods | 1 Comment

Meat Processing Plants: Covid 19

Posted on June 23, 2020 by borderslynn

As we all now know, if we didn’t before, meat is processed by workers who are forced to operate in close proximity. As a result many have succumbed to Covid 19. “Latino communities and all communities of color in the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged covid 19, diet, health, labour protection, low paid workers, meat consumption, meat processing plants, poverty, wealth | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: diet

Reduce soybean demand and lower deforestation pressure

We eat to forget. Then we eat for relief.

Meat Processing Plants: Covid 19

Where did we come from? Where are we going?