archive for August 3rd, 2006

Digest: GM backlash, DC farmers, wine & swine …

by @ Thursday, August 3rd, 2006.

United Press International: Protesters — or “mowers” — attack genetically modified cornfields in France. Heads up: a good-looking recipe for spiced cornbread is included at the end.
SLO GE Free: A group of San Luis Obispo County, CA, citizens report on the health effects of genetically engineered crops on their community.
Washington Post*: A look at the […]

Another way of looking at a chicken

by @ Thursday, August 3rd, 2006.

…as a nuisance. That’s what’s happening to Patrick and Holly over at Hen Waller, whose neighbors have launched an anonymous campaign against their three chickens. Yes, in an urban neighborhood where car alarms probably go off regularly and loud motorcycles cruise by legally, some clucking is really a huge disturbance. Holly has a great […]

Pets or Meat

by @ Thursday, August 3rd, 2006.

That’s the question I kept pondering as my dad and I drove back from visiting one of my best friends last week. (For those who didn’t see Michael Moore’s movie Roger & Me, it’s from the creepy sign outside the house of a rabbit-seller in Flint, Michigan.)
My friend and her husband moved a few years […]

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