I wasn’t sure whether to post about this or not. But since I’m the type that likes to share any major life news with a megaphone — not unlike my beloved cuz-in-law Omniwhore — the internal debate was short lived. I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it anymore!
As of today, after five years […]
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Blog snacks: NYC’s green giant, Roman meal, chew-your-view dilemma
In between the Digest news deluge, we’ve been reading some good blog posts, too. For your delectation:
No Impact Man: Writer Colin Beavan alerted us to his experiment forcing his New York City family to live for a year with no net environmental impact. As part of that goal, they’re only eating food produced within 250 […]
Digest: Farm Bill funding battle, Straus in Time, tragedy of the commons applies to whole Earth
First salvo in budget battle: The Senate Budget Committee chair issued his blueprint for federal spending yesterday, which included $15 billion more for Farm Bill agriculture spending between 2007 and 2012 than did the Congressional Budget Office baseline. Senate Ag Chair Tom Harkin says that’s not enough and vows to get more before the budget […]
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