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Dev
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 Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: We Feed The World |
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Do you know how healthy / unhealthy your food is? Want to know the latest trends in food production? The facts? You have to check out this documentary, WE FEED THE WORLD.
It's on YouTube and well worth your time if you care to know what's really going on with food these days.
Here's part one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7evsqO5XNQ
Continue on with the other parts. You'll see the listings on the YouTube page.
Enjoy! |
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BS.Dos.
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. I'll take a look tomorrow.
I'm telling anyone who'll listen to check out Blue Gold - World Water Wars atm. Torrent only though I'm afraid, but the guy who made it has okayed it for free download.
A disturbing eye opener to say the least. |
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Dev
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Dev
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:18 am Post subject: |
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BTW, if you want to help feed the world, please go to this site
www.freerice.com
It will cost you nothing and you may even learn something.  |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| If you want a good book about food which isn't full of hippie nonesense, veggie rubbish, or conspiracy theories I recommend "The Omnivore's Dilemna". It's a great great book that gets into all the facts about food production in all its manifestations; from factory farming to hunting and gathering. Really great read. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| If you want a good book about food which isn't full of hippie nonesense, veggie rubbish, or conspiracy theories I recommend "The Omnivore's Dilemna". It's a great great book that gets into all the facts about food production in all its manifestations; from factory farming to hunting and gathering. Really great read. |
This book is on the best sellers list right now. Looks interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. |
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Kimbop
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Rather than feed starving idiots and proliferate environmental degredation due to ballooning population numbers, methinks it makes more sense to control populations.
Africa, Indonesia, India, Haiti, etc are among the fastest reproducing countries on earth. Their environments are on the verge of being completely destroyed, while they grow addicted to UN handouts and quadruple their populations.
Malaria in Ethiopia is a GOOD thing. |
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Dev
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Rather than feed starving idiots and proliferate environmental degredation due to ballooning population numbers, methinks it makes more sense to control populations.
Africa, Indonesia, India, Haiti, etc are among the fastest reproducing countries on earth. Their environments are on the verge of being completely destroyed, while they grow addicted to UN handouts and quadruple their populations.
Malaria in Ethiopia is a GOOD thing. |
I think we should be giving them real aid, not handouts. Give them the tools to grow their own food and make their own wells for water. We shouldn't just be dumping our excess food on them.
It's like the beggars on the street. The worst thing to do is give them money. They should be given the means to find employment. The mentally ill ones should be institutionalized. The drug addicted ones, rehab. Giving them money demotivates them and gets them addicted to handouts.
Look at the success of micro loans in India and Bangladesh. Huge success and well recieved. That's really what the people want - a hand to get them on their way to self-sufficiency. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
| Kimbop wrote: |
Rather than feed starving idiots and proliferate environmental degredation due to ballooning population numbers, methinks it makes more sense to control populations.
Africa, Indonesia, India, Haiti, etc are among the fastest reproducing countries on earth. Their environments are on the verge of being completely destroyed, while they grow addicted to UN handouts and quadruple their populations.
Malaria in Ethiopia is a GOOD thing. |
I think we should be giving them real aid, not handouts. Give them the tools to grow their own food and make their own wells for water. We shouldn't just be dumping our excess food on them.
It's like the beggars on the street. The worst thing to do is give them money. They should be given the means to find employment. The mentally ill ones should be institutionalized. The drug addicted ones, rehab. Giving them money demotivates them and gets them addicted to handouts.
Look at the success of micro loans in India and Bangladesh. Huge success and well recieved. That's really what the people want - a hand to get them on their way to self-sufficiency. |
That sounds like what William Easterly says! |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| If you want a good book about food which isn't full of hippie nonesense, veggie rubbish, or conspiracy theories I recommend "The Omnivore's Dilemna". It's a great great book that gets into all the facts about food production in all its manifestations; from factory farming to hunting and gathering. Really great read. |
This book is on the best sellers list right now. Looks interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. |
I'm reading it now. Got it from Kyobo Tower Bookstore. Only through the first couple of chapters, but so far the author doesn't sound like a pompous #%&^**(0). I find the history of corn fascinating. I never thought I'd ever say that. |
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