Anglo-Saxon Cuisine

gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel,


> Let's sleep on it
Often shortened to "Sleep on it".

Similarly "Let's call it a day!" (to end up a meeting) often becomes "Call it a day!"

Satisfy human food and fiber needs
Enhance environmental quality and the natural resource base upon which the agricultural economy depends
Make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls
Sustain the economic viability of farm operations
Enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole."

gerardM a écrit:

they already had good results regarding their efforts to lose weight (I don't remember the figures but it was surprisingly efficent).

What World Governments Can Do to Reduce Ocean Pollution
•Cut down on plastic usage and ban plastic bags. Plastic never deteriorates and often gets swallowed by marine birds and animals, leading to their deaths.
•Ban the dumping of residential, agricultural and industrial chemicals and waste into water sources. Everything that ends up in a flowing water source eventually ends up in the ocean.
•Ban the dumping of sewage directly into the oceans.
•Educate people about the causes, effects and prevention of pollution. Encourage citizens to recycle what they use, reduce the use of toxic materials and maintain their vehicles to reduce oil leakage and carbon dioxide emission.
•Set up more stringent controls for coastal chemical factories, mining sites and other water-front industries.
•Organize and assist agencies to clean up existing pollution.

What You Can Do to Reduce Ocean Pollution
•Reuse plastic bags and recycle plastics. Don't throw them away.
•Cut down on the use of toxic household cleaners.
•Don't throw trash when you visit the beach, or when you go anywhere else, for that matter.
•Make sure your vehicles and boats do not leak oil on the road or on the water. When it rains, this oil will of course be washed away and eventually, via streams, rivers or drains, find its way into the ocean.
•For the same reason, do not flush medications and chemicals down the drain.
•Cut down on the use of chemicals and fertilizers in your garden or on your farm.
•Volunteer and participate in environment clean-up drives.

Be informed and aware of your impact on the environment. Everything you do and use has some bearing on your surroundings. Making intelligent choices and changes in the manner of your everyday living is perhaps the most effective solution for ocean pollution.

gerardM a écrit:, efforts must be made by everyone and coordinated from top to bottom (from Government to Mr Doe).
I like when Michele Obama pushes to promote good food in her country.
I like when ministers use a bicycle to go to the ministry, in some countries.
I dislike governments saying: "Do what I say - don't do what I'm doing!"

The documentary film looks at restoration projects in China, Africa, South America and the Middle East, who aim to rejuvenate eroded landscapes

GMO Inside

Monsanto vs. Mother Earth.

"To the governments of Germany, France and the Netherlands and all contracting states of the European Patent Convention:
As concerned citizens, we urge you to take the lead to fix European patent law by calling on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation to close the loopholes that allow corporations to patent plant varieties and conventional breeding methods. Clear and effective safeguards and prohibitions are needed to protect consumers, farmers and breeders from the corporate takeover of our food chain."

Sign the petition here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?bapUgcb&v=23909

As concerned citizens, we urge you to take the lead to fix European patent law by calling on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation to close the loopholes that allow corporations to patent plant varieties and conventional breeding methods. Clear and effective safeguards and prohibitions are needed to protect consumers, farmers and breeders from the corporate takeover of our food chain.

Object: Monsanto vs. Mother Earth
Our vegetables and fruit are about to be patented to grow Monsanto’s profits, making food more expensive and strangling the farmers we rely on everyday. But we can pressure European countries to step in and stop the corporate food attack. We have no time to lose -- up to 800 patents are in the pipeline waiting to be approved!

Join me in this campaign here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?kftZAeb

1,554,335 have signed. 1 million in just 36 hours! Let's get to 2,000,000

Posted: 9 April 2013
It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to gain exclusive control over the seeds of life – the source of our food. They’re trying to patent away varieties of our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, virtually forcing growers to pay them for seed and risk being sued if they don’t.

But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to have exclusive rights over conventional seeds, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands -- where opposition is already growing -- to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s greedy plans. The Avaaz community has shifted governments before, and we can do it again.

Many farmers and politicians are already against this -- we just need to bring in people power to pressure these countries to keep Monsanto’s hands off our food. Sign now and share with everyone to help build the biggest food defense call ever.

MurielB a écrit:... like Patrick it's not your cup of tea.

gerardM a écrit:

If men disappear, it'll be because they destroyed our Earth...

gerardM a écrit:... one another... (I have not made the usual mistake have I ?)

gerardM a écrit:
If they are eaten by a big bad wolf... grandmothers kept warning for long enough!!

MurielB a écrit:... (Apart from computor and smartphone of course )

gerardM a écrit:

I'm afraid our words aren't in the subject...
".

MurielB a écrit:

gerardM a écrit:

I'm afraid our words aren't in the subject...
".

Ok I am not on subject but it's very difficult to have a natural conversation and always stick to a suject ! (Is stick to the subject right, I am not sure )

-> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557014547671693&set=a.482231601816655.113449.478981558808326&type=1&ref=nf
GMO Inside

6 chemical companies are counting on all non-GMO consumers to give up hope and surrender to GMO takeover. Are you ready to surrender?

Let's take back our food supply! Join us on GMO Inside: http://gmoinside.org/

Source link: http://www.organicconsumers.org/gefood/surrender.cfm

-> WILL YOU SURRENDER TO THE HOPE OF BIOTECH INDUSTRY?
An article from the Toronto Star (see below) was circulated recently
by several listservers. In the article, the vice-president of an
international consulting firm whose client list features all the
world's major food businesses -- including Kellogg Co., ConAgra Foods
Inc., Unilever NV and Aventis SA -- was quoted as saying that GM
crops may soon be so prevalent that there may no turning back,
despite the cost: