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Subsequently, I think a lot about what I read & write
Now these notes are going live on the world wide web.
I like to think of it as 'plunging' the cr** out of news media, gathering facts and making occassional predictions (that are correct 97.8% of the time)

» The Story of Cosmetics - No More Dirty Looks - from GOOD

A comic-strip representation of the ‘dirty’ cosmetics industry and the ingredients within…. it’s well, GOOD! Thanks Good Magazine (www.good.is) for yet another marvelous visual (we love Good’s infographics by the way) that surprisingly isnt an infographic!

Link posted at 8:16 PM (1 year ago) | Permalink

“Why Does a Salad Cost More Than a Big Mac?”

Answer: 73% of meat is government subsidized. 

Compared with 0.37% of fruits and veggies (see graphic below)

GOOD Magazine’s Andrew Price elaborates on this number noting that these subsidies, “make meat and dairy artificially cheap, so we end up consuming more of it than we should, and getting fatter.”

Food Pyramid view of Farm Bill Subsidies

Source quote: http://www.good.is/post/why-does-a-salad-cost-more-than-a-big-mac

Posted at 1:20 AM (2 years ago) | Permalink

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