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On "Food Inc."

Animal Person

The moral of the story is that it's all about the way we farm animals, not that we farm them that is what needs changing. Film is a visual medium and through direction, dialogue, editing, music and any effects, the filmmaker presents (in this case) his agenda. And then the way we eat causes diabetes.

Fast Food 100
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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do.

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Always Question a Scientist

Critter News

and an accountant and an economist and any other "expert" that uses their field to claim a moral authority. It's a book about societal collapses resulting from poor decisions about the environment, resource-use, etc. And those scientists are humans with the same motivations and agendas as any other human.

Science 100