meat
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Feeding the world means hogging less grain
How many people can the Earth support? Depends on their level of food consumption. At the U.S. average of 1,763 pounds of grain per person annually for food and feed, the 2-billion-ton annual world harvest would feed just 2.5 billion people.
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Ask Umbra’s Book Club: Are you trading in Mickey D's for DIY burgers?
Ask Umbra has some food for thought about the United States of Americana, by Kurt B. Reighley. How have your food habits changed in recent years?
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Wearing Lady Gaga's meat dress for Halloween — still a bad idea [VIDEO]
Lady Gaga can be an inspiration in some cases, but when it comes to Halloween costumes, it pays to listen to your mom's advice on this one and not show so much flesh. According to this news video, however, some people might go for it anyway.
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Your meat is too big — try this worm instead
Americans have issues with meat. But maybe we wouldn't have so many problems if we started to favor the flavor of the small -- and wiggly. Would you make a meal of worms?
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The Climate Post: Climate bill finally dead enough to be fondly remembered
Read more about climate legislation attacks, new Chinese innovations, water wars, and more.
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Meat eating can be an environmentally friendly choice, argues George Monbiot
Vegans have long been the ornery saints squatting cross-legged at the intersection of the food and environmental movements. But a new book has persuaded George Monbiot, for one, that there is a way to eat meat and dairy with a clean conscience.
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A recently converted vegetarian tells which meatless dogs cut the mustard
Do vegetarians have to trade that smoky, juicy hot-dog flavor from our childhood ballgames for rubbery, ersatz wieners? A brand new herbivore fearlessly fires up the grill to find out.
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The meat industry feels the heat as the sustainable-food movement gains force
Once, the meat industry acted with impunity, confident that its lobbying clout could deflect challenges to its practices. Now it's on the defensive.
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Ask Umbra on avoiding 'pink slime' in ground beef and flushing kitty litter
Ask Umbra tackles where to buy slime-free hamburger meat. She also revisits the flushability issue from last week's kitty litter column.