Is restricting Fishing In California the Right thing?

The Fish and Game Commision decided to ban all fishing between Santa Barbara and Half Moon Bay in California to help perserve the marine life. This ban is to help perserve some of the marine life that is deminishing from the demands on fishing. It could mean less fresh fish that the tourist come for. Is it right?

What can we do to HELP our Fish

Our great lakes are in trouble 86% of our lakes are untested and alot of our waters is troubled we need to push to have the "Marshall Plan" push in the Senate. I know that there is alot of fish lovers out there that love to fish and we need to do our best to help make it to happen.

What Evil Genius Fed Arsenic to the Chickens?

As I read this article, my mind starts to ask alot of questions. When are we going to put the health of the people before the mighty dollar? What is driving us to produce a bigger and better product at any cost, I hope it is ignorance? Do we realize what we are doing to the animals, in return what we are doing to the consumer? I hope we are just studip, because if we aren't, it means we will do anything at any cost to make a dollar. Who is the driver in these events, the producer, the middleman, the Wal-marts of the world, or is it the consumer? Who is the murderer? Please help me to understand, what is happening in this world, in this country, this is suppose to be the greatest country in the world. Are we really?

Average Joes Vs. the government

one of the big issues within the world right now is or course how healthy our environment is. It is safe to say that the general public believes that this is a big issue, then why arent some scientists and the government agreeing? to find out more on this subject go to this link

http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/enis.html

How organic farming can end world hunger.

I found an interesting article about how organic farming could help solve world hunger. The article points out many interesting scenarios about organic farming like: how it creates higher crop yields, helps soil fertility, helps avoid soil erosion and a few other interesting tidbits. Check out the article: http://environment.about.com/od/healthenvironment/a/organicfarming.htm

Rockyrigney likes food!!!

http://www.mepartnership.org/mep_whatsnew.asp?new_id=2268

Wow, amazing! Turning wonderful fast food grease into fuel, what a world we live in. I am a fan of this article becasue it recylces something bad, into something good! If this trend continues, think about the possiblities, how about turning dogs into beutiful
women!

What's the Minnesota Project?

I found an article about the Minnesota Project at www.mnproject.org. The Minnesota project is a non profit organizaion that focus on community issues with an emphasis on renewable energy, efficient use of energy, and emphasizes relationships and building strong communtiy bonds. It has been in existence for the past 25 years. I think that this is an awesome concept. Being from Michigan, I don't know of any projects or organizations such as this. I think it helps to build knowledge and that's always a good thing.

new york water

this article interested me becuase new york is one of the biggest cities in the us within the food industry. Of course you need water to cook food, and the problem is within the new york water. there have recently been traces of mercury found in the new york tap water, and this is creating many problems. To find out more on this subject go to this link

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--mercuryemissions0411apr11,0,5253464.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

Why Monsanto loves ethanol

From Salon.com: "American farmers, spurred by ethanol frenzy, are planting the largest corn crop in more than 50 years.The demand is so high, reports Farm News, that seed companies are running out of the most popular varieties of corn seed."

- Andrew Leonard

Monsanto, the world's largest genetically modified (GM) seed company, is drooling over the increased demand for ethanol-based biofuels. When it comes to supply and demand of GM corn, Monsanto is running the show. However magical the new species of plants appear, critics of genetically modified organizms (GMO's) are worried about the vast genetic experiment this corporation is playing on the evolution of species. What is driving the demand? What are some of the environmental concerns? Read more at www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/26/triple_stacked_hybrids/index.html?source=rss