Here's a picture of my turkeys.

They're bourbon reds, which isn't the usual turkey breed.

Cute, no?

Vegetables I put in the ground today ( Read more... )

First, this link.

Is this a stupid stunt? Or, is acknowledging the source of your food a good thing? We've done good work in getting people to see that local food is a great and cool idea, but that generally stops at vegetables. (Unless, of course, you're awesome/crazy, like Mark Gunther, halfway down this page herePart of which the idea of local ( Read more... )

Here is another article about how much bacteria we have in our bodies. It's pretty awesome ( Read more... )

Hi.

If you still think that ethanol is a pretty good idea, you should take two hours and listen to these two radio shows.

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They are recent episodes of Deconstructing Dinner, which is one of the best things on the radio.

Fungus in Chernobyl*.

* I know, it's from Fox, but there are links to real, actual science journal.

Some interesting articles about bacteria and stuff.

I didn't know that the weight of all the critters in our digestive tracts was around two pounds.

I also didn't know that the part of the tree of life that contains plantae, animialia, and fungi was so small. There's so much stuff in just a handful of dirt ( Read more... )

This looks like a pretty sobering and good article about the fresh water consequences of global climate change. In short, it sucks to be you if you rely on the Colorado river for water.

I'm looking at you, Vegas.

Here

This is pretty great.

The end of cheap grain.

I've said it before: our economy is a food economy. There is no other kind of economy. My baker friends are all complaining a blue streak about the price of flour--some are seing $5.00/bag increases! And don't even get me started on corn ethanol. Even The Economist thinks it's a really stupid idea to turn food into ( Read more... )