LA TIMES: "Sen. Joni Ernst learned to 'live within her means' -- on the taxpayer's dime"

[Munificence]

97. As consumers

we are contributing a lot more than that to the environmental degradation - nearly every thing you eat has contributed to the degradation of the environment. We demand "cheap food" and there is a price that we all must pay for it.

If we could only get people to stop eating!

I hope that the majority of folks here on DU are refusing to buy the cheap nasty crap in stores and are seeking out and buying from the small farmers that believe in a balance between producing food and degradation of the land. Sure you may pay more (unless you buy in bulk), but you are not contributing as much to the degradation of the environment.

"Do as I say, not as I do" does not cut it (This statement is not directed at anyone in particular but instead is something for us all to think about).

I wonder how many have actually tasted what real beef, pork, chicken etc tastes like vs the taste of the mutant stuff they buy at the store? I know "real" meat, chicken, pork, etc that I eat looks different (color) and tastes a lot different than the stuff one buys in the store.