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Tastes Like Climate Change: The Declining Nutritional Value of Food Food is losing its nutritional value, and humans are to blame

Hazel Horvath agriculture, climate, Declining, farming, fruits, nutrient, Nutritional, nutritious, ranch, ranching, raspberries, value, vegetables, vegetarian 0 Comments

Most agree: we eat to nourish our bodies to keep them functioning. Today, unsustainable agriculture & climate change are threatening that very purpose.

EarthTalk Q&A

Is Grass-Fed Beef Actually Better for the Environment?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, Allan Savory, anthropogenic, beef, carbon sequestration, cattle, CO2, farmer, farmers, Food Climate Research Network, grass, grass-fed, Holistic Management, livestock, meat, methane, pasture, ranch, rancher, ranchers, red, ruminant, ruminants, Savory Institute 2 Comments

Allan Savory points to the carbon sequestration benefits of grazing cattle on grasslands as an environmental justification for raising livestock…

Currents

Capturing Nature’s Pulse An Airport Display Finds Nature Blooming—and Changing—in the Unlikeliest of Places

Adelaide Chen blue oak, blue oak rance reserve, Cal-Adapt.org, ranch, reserve, Wired Wilderness Project 0 Comments

An airport is one of the last places where you expect to connect with nature. But that’s how it goes in California’s Silicon Valley. At the Mineta San José International Airport, real-time images of a wilderness area less than 10 miles away are wirelessly transmitted to a series of 42-inch LCD monitors. Nighttime displays might […]

Landscape Arch Under Stars and Moonlight, Arches National Park, Utah, US

Going Green

Under the Arches Canyons & Arches in Edward Abbey's Backyard Still Delight Eco-Travelers

Roddy Scheer arch, Arches, desert, Desert Solitaire, Earth First, EarthFirst!, Edward Abbey, Escape Adventures, monkeywrench, monkeywrench gang, National Park, natural, ranch, ranger, solitaire, Sorrel River, wilderness 0 Comments

If you like otherworldly natural scenery, exhilarating adventure and eco-friendly culture, Moab, Utah and the surrounding desert landscapes of Arches National Park & beyond might be just what you need…

EarthTalk Q&A

Eating Less Meat is Good for the Environment

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss consumption, grazing, meat, methane, production, ranch 0 Comments

I heard that the less meat one eats, the better it is for the environment. How so?

It’s no secret that the production of meat takes a heavy toll on the environment, so cutting down on meat consumption is one of the best things you can do to help the planet.