Just eleven plants out of thirty thousand
Out of the thirty thousand types of edible plants thought to exist on Earth, just eleven – corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye, and oats –…
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Published figures suggest that, in Australia, producing wheat and other grains results in: at least 25 times more sentient animals being killed per kilogram of useable protein more environmental damage,…
Read moreChristmas and Class
I was chatting with Mexican friends the other day about the mountains of glossy catalogs that are delivered with newspapers in the weeks running up to Christmas. It prompted me…
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