Cattle as Food Processors

A thought-provoking post from Jayson Lusk on the common and on-the-face-of-it plausible claim that grain-eating uses far fewer resources/much less energy than meat-eating.  His counter: I suspect only a very…

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What the Roman Empire Knew About Food Miles

What the Roman Empire Knew About Food Miles

  Provisioning Rome, one of the world’s largest cities, if not the largest with as many as a million people by about 55 B.C., was one of the greatest challenges…

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Food: Farming is Only the Beginning

Food: Farming is Only the Beginning

If there’s one point I find myself making over and over and over again about food, it’s that farming is only the beginning. So do take a look at this great…

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