Being a locavore means trying to eat foods grown locally, say within 100 miles from home, but in much of USA, local agriculture is cattle ranching. Beef cattle.
Cattle grazing is much of what one sees within 100 miles of towns in places like eastern Montana. Not the best place to grow tomatoes, but cattle can graze. Problem is, cattle create methane which is a greenhouse gas. One recommendation for reducing greenhouse gas emission is to eat less beef. That might mean being…
Seems like food is a bargain compared to the rent or mortgage costs that most people have to pay. I'm lucky because my rent is fairly reasonable, but folks I know are nearly broke just writing out their rent checks.
As oil gets more expensive, it seems like food is what people think about first. They say it's going to make food, which uses fossil fuel in its production, scarce. Strategies for dealing with this situation revolve around growing more of our own food and even…Continue