Fwd: [EthicalEating-Network] NPR Report "Congress To Nutritionists: Don't Talk About The Environment"
From: Scott Jackson (sjackzen46gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:51:24 -0800 (PST)
I thought I'd share this NPR report that came to me from the UUA Ethical
Eating Network.

Scott Jackson
sjackzen46 [at] gmail.com

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From: Charlie Talbert via EthicalEating-Network <
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Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:24 PM
Subject: [EthicalEating-Network] NPR Report "Congress To Nutritionists:
Don't Talk About The Environment"
To: "ethicaleating-network [at] lists.uua.org" <
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Shouldn't be a surprise, but still, the brazenness of the slaughter
industry and the politicians it buys can be astounding.

For them, public awareness is dangerous. Because if consumers are made
aware that a gallon of milk takes 1,000 gallons of water to produce, or a
pound of meat takes 2,400 gallons, they may buy less. According to the
U.N., raising and killing farmed animals produces more greenhouse gasses
than all forms of transportation - cars, trucks, trains, planes, boats -
combined.


Congress To Nutritionists: Don't Talk About The Environment
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment>


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Congress To Nutritionists: Don't Talk About The Environ...
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment>
Should dietary guidelines consider the environmental effects of our food
choices? The government-appointed Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
thinks they sho...
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<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment>
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