Just to prove I’m specifically picking on Canada… Here’s a link to a story about the annual Japanese Dolphin Hunt. The dolphin hunt runs from September through April and results in the slaughter of thousands of dolphins annually. Thirteen fishing boats force the dolphins into a shallow cove in Taiji, where a number [...]

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Happy Earth Day, a tiny bit early. In the interests of promoting green, I thought I ‘d share with you this study I found. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University did a comprehensive study of the carbon footprint of food. Apparently the push to “eat local” isn’t as impactful to the environment as [...]

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I’m pretty excited… I stumbled across the “Go Green Expo” which will be taking place in New York and Los Angeles this year. Unfortunately for me, the site only has information on the New York Go Green Expo, and I live on the other coast! But, they are asking visitors to their site [...]

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It’s great to live in Southern California. This is a photograph of our local farmer’s market taken December 29th! Jane and I often comment on how spoiled we are. We have access to a Farmer’s Market every day of the week; four of them are within 5 miles of our home!
Being regulars [...]

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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, once you tell someone you’re doing something a little out of ordinary they tend to challenge you. Yesterday we were chatting with our cousins who think we are insane for restricting our diet so severely. Tom wanted to know why, exactly, we were doing this, but somehow the [...]

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