mary beth downing

There are plants that do well in pairs.. .. that you can do alley cropping with rows of trees between rows for grain (ex. corn/peaches) .  That No Till saves soil and builds water reserves.  That biochar has been around for centuries and is a good way to improve productivity at the same time that you sequester carbon.. That there are two branches of the food sector solutions.  The DEMAND side and the SUPPLY side impacts. 

Obviously deforestation happens with wood product fuel issues.  Deforestation is a huge humanity blight..   Alternative stoves either solar or with increased effeciency help keep people healthier. and the planet healthier too.  Healthier people are more productive, don't miss school, have more money to build their daily security and well -being.  Clean cooking practices offer humanity and our planet a better way.   I will plan to donate money to the treeswaterpeople.org organization. They build effecient stoves with smoke stacks type technology to reduce smoke in the home  AND reduce the deforestation 

It may be helpful to also slow us down and give us pause ... to eat a more portion controlled amount may help spur awareness of our tendency to just stuff our faces.. if we have smaller plates.. we may be more mindful in our eating habits.. HOPE so!

Seems to be a cultural factor that meat is so high on our diet.   Convenience is also a factor but i think traditionally we see our selves as hard working so we need 'meat' .   In actuality,  we are hard working but not in the physical sense of days gone by where farming and factory work was the norm.. We have not adjusted our self-identity to the new world of urbanization .  Healthy eating is a huge part of this hopeful change for our culture.. I know that both of my children eat less meat than i did at their age.