Bird Flu and Industrial Agriculture

...ad, with the industry trying to make the case that wild birds and backyard poultry keepers such as ourselves are a greater threat. A report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Industrial Livestock Production and Global Health Risks (pdf) lends credence to Dr. Greger’s assertion that the hazard of a bird flu outbreak comes not just from backyard flocks but from large scale livestock operations. It seems logical: pack t...

Read…

All Politics Are Local

...ke a difference. For instance you can: start a community or school garden volunteer to teach gardening or food preservation plant trees build neighborhood resilience and tolerance create bike lanes and walking paths legalize backyard poultry and bees Not that these local goals are necessarily easy, but they can be accomplished. And they all address resource depletion. By all means go vote today, but let’s get together after this mess and work on w...

Read…

Saturday Linkages: Cat Hugs

A Quick Primer On Poultry Vaccines You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus Fresh Hell from the Baffler Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too Our intersections are too dangerous. Here’s how to fix them Cyclist gets hit by car, then sued for $700 [editors note: this happened to me except it was $900] Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago The pungent legacy of Axe Body Spray Solar Class Jo...

Read…

Saturday Linkages: Collecting Seaweed, Microfarming and DIY Bike Lanes

...inst #Salmonella: https://t.co/G2IgoBuG78 pic.twitter.com/BCATGNFEot — The Poultry Site (@thepoultrysite) November 14, 2016 This is the kind of language I hear from people who are getting on with the work to be done… https://t.co/JYXJZUHD0w — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 Yup. This is what we have to do more of: Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrastructure Permanent https://t.co/JnP88SPAp3 — Root Simple (@rootsimp...

Read…

052 Listener Feedback and So Much More

...Fork Radio Podcast’s love letter to toilet augers, listen to a comment on poultry health, debrief on Kelly’s sewing projects and go off on a rant about Erik’s plantar fasciitis problem. During the podcast we mention: The Idler and Tom Hodgkinson’s book How to Be Idle: A Loafer’s Manifesto The band Calexico (you can download a free song and see a concert on their website). Hencam.com Architectural Graphics Standards Barefoot Ken Bob If you want to...

Read…