Grass Fed Cows Produce better milk!

In the article that i read it mainly talked about CLA's (conjugated linoleic acid) and how they are higher in cows that are feed grass compared to that of feed. The important thing about CLA's is that they are proven to be one of the biggest fighters of breast cancer. Grass feed dairy is also rich in essential fatty acids which help fight many diseases such as; cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, allergies, obesity, diabetes, and dementia. To me it looks like a pretty clear choice as to which one i would chose if given a choice of dairy products. http://www.eatwild.com/articles/superhealthy.html

don't eat that dirty duck

www.scwds.org
this website includes information on what types of species of bird are most likely to catch influenza during certain times of years. such as ducks are most likely to catch it in late summer or early fall. outside of those seasons they only have about a 1 0/0 chance of catching it. there are tips to hunters and fowl farmers of when to be suspect of odd-acting birds.

A basic over look on light pollution

http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/29/light.pollution.enn/



This article is an overview of a survey done on the effects of light pollution. The article tell about how only 10% of the US population has the ideal conditions regularly to see the 15000 visible stars and the milky way. It also talks about how light pollution can affect national parks up to 100 miles away.

Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World

This 2003 report discusses the importance of long term thinking with taking action now. In other words it is better to start a project now while continuing to do research for the long term. Doing nothing until you have completed all research will put us further behind in solving the harmful effects caused by the business decisions made yesterday. This report provides a road map to guide us as we make decisions today that will effect future generations. It is a long read but well worth looking at.

You can read the chapters at your leisure.

ozone and climate change

this article talked about how we are ruining the ozone. The gases from are cars go into the atmosphere and kind of clog it up. Then sunlight comes in and stays in because it cant get out. Which causes global warming and makes the stratosphere colder.

Algae

This article talks about how a new research project that is going on in the great lakes area is using algae to determine climate change. the national reasources research institute and the university of minnesota dulut were awarded 1 million, five year grant for the project

http://www.mepartnership.org/mep_whatsnew.asp?new_id=2306

equiptment

this article talks about the benefits of new farm equiptment, the lower emissions and more efficent fuel use. and the negatives like how this specalized equiptment is so expensive.
http://attra.ncat.org/

FDA suppressed report on harmful effects of GE food

This article was really fascinating. The fact that the FDA just by passed what their scientist said about GE Foods, is really scary. This article talked about the fact that warnings were given to the FDA by their own scientist about GE-tomato Flavrsavr, yet they were ignored. These are the same people we trust everyday with our lives, when it comes to the food we consume. The scientist also warned the FDA of consequences related to the GE Foods, because the technology is still so new, and not enough testing has really been done on it.
http://www.psrast.org/importantnews.htm#suppr

How Far Does Your Food Travel? Eating your way to a healthy environment, community and body.

How Far Does Your Food Travel?
This is another article on bying locally. It also talks about organic foods as well. It is based out of Canada, but you can get the idea. This is a very informative article. The thing that interested me most was that 1/2 kg of lamb bought locally gives off 7g of CO2, but when it is shipped from New Zealand it puts off 8kg of CO2 into the atmosphere. You can learn a lot from this site. For any of you interestide in changing the global warming situation, I would recommend reading this article. If not read it anyway!