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Elliott Coleman on meat / climate chaos.
Here is what Elliot Coleman has to say about the link from meat to climate chaos.
Some excerpts:
If I butcher a steer for my food, and that steer has been raised on grass on my farm, I am not responsible for any increased CO2. The pasture-raised animal eating grass in my field is not producing CO2, merely recycling it (short term carbon cycle) as ( Read more... ) -
Winter's a comin'
Yesterday was our first fire of the season. The span between fires was thus April 8th to October 14th, 187 days with no mechanical comfort improvement ( Read more... ) -
Near zero fossil fuel vegetables.
Today, I did what I have wanted to do all summer, I (and my sweetie) rode our bikes to the farm to pick up our CSA share of vegetables. Thus, the only possible fossil fuels that went into our dinner, will be delivery of seed to the farm, and possibly a little getting from one section of the farm to another ( Read more... ) -
Independence Day.
Independence from rain... well sort of. It only rained twice, and was nice in between. At this point, We called it close enough. Today looks to be even better ( Read more... ) -
Highways, Bypasses, and Hjälmaren.
This weekend saw another panic on the they-are-going-to-build-a-highway-through-our-living-room front. However, after much neighborly conspiring, and haranguing of public officials, it seems we are at the place where 1) The bypass is unlikely for at least 10 years (due to lack of funds), 2) There are two routes still on the table and neither of ( Read more... ) -
Spring!
Despite having much to do inside, I spent a good part of the day today outside. I wandered up past the wintergreen which is spreading nicely, to the garden where B was pruning hacking some brambles looking for a place for the new cherry tree (also need to find a place for the two pecans). Then off with the cats to look at storm damage on an apple ( Read more... ) -
Purple Haze.
Actually purple fog, but pretty amazing anyway. -
Looking for excel/open office guru
I have what I think is a relatively simple programming question about spreadsheets. The solution needs to work in both open office and excel ( Read more... )
