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Master VEG |
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ResourcesWeeks 2, 3, 6 Week 4 Week 5 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 |
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Ole Ersson, M.D.
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Master VEG Resources Week 4SAMPLE BOOKS:The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life & Our Worldby John Robbins (2001) Robbins has some great info on the connection between what we eat and how it affects our environment. Six Arguments for a Greener Diet by Michael Jacobsen and the staff at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (2006) www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization 2006. A highly-documented major report by the United Nations on the environmental problems created by the livestock industry. Available for download at: www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm SAMPLE WEBSITES:Center for Food Safetywww.centerforfoodsafety.org What you need to know about food safety and how you can take action to ensure safe food. Go Veg: Meat & The Environment www.goveg.com/environment.asp An article about the impact on the environment of eating animals. (This is a PETA site.) Organic Consumers Association www.organicconsumers.org "Campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture, fair trade and sustainability." Pesticide Action Network www.panna.org Details on pesticides – what you should know and what you can do. True Food Network http://truefoodnow.org/campaigns/genetically-engineered-foods/shoppers-guide/ Learn about which products and brands are genetically engineered. A Truly Inconvenient Truth www.veganoutreach.org/globalwarming.html Provides information and resources about the connection between eating animals and global warming. Vegan Outreach: Environmental Destruction www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/environment.html An article about the impact of the consumption of animals on our environment. World Watch: Food Feature www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/55 News, reports and information about sustainable agriculture & related issues from an omnivore viewpoint. |