Fwd: [EthicalEating-Network] NPR Report "Congress To Nutritionists: Don't Talk About The Environment" | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charlie Talbert via EthicalEating-Network < ethicaleating-network [at] lists.uua.org> 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" < ethicaleating-network [at] lists.uua.org>, "ufeta [at] lists.uua.org" < ufeta [at] lists.uua.org> 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> [image: image] <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment> 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... View on www.npr.org <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/15/370427441/congress-to-nutritionists-dont-talk-about-the-environment> Preview by Yahoo _______________________________________________ EthicalEating-Network mailing list EthicalEating-Network [at] lists.uua.org http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/ethicaleating-network Unsubscribe at http://lists.uua.org/mailman/options/ethicaleating-network
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