Michael Pollan was interviewed by Time magazine where he answered 10 questions on food, health, the environment and animals.
The author of the The Omnivore’s Dilemmna and most recently, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, was asked about his diet.
“I still eat meat. But I eat a lot less. I have enormous respect for vegetarians, but I believe there are ways to eat meat that are good for you and good for the environment.”
What do you think of Pollan’s response?
Are there environmentally friendly ways to produce and consume a little bit of “ethically raised” meat or non threatened fish every now and then?
Comments Off on Michelle Obama Obesity Fight Started With White House Garden
Michelle Obama gave a speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Capital Hilton this week which highlighted the need to combat childhood obesity.
The First Lady has taken a leadership role in encouraging healthier habits in children and adults.
Appearing on Sesame Street, she and Elmo urged children to eat more fruits and vegetables.
She showed up to support local and fresh produce at the nearby Farmers Market in D.C.
And according to Jocelyn Frye, the first lady’s domestic policy adviser, good habits start in the home–or at least in the yard of the home.
“We didn’t want to have a garden just to have a garden,” said Frye of the White House garden, according to the Washington Post. “It was a vehicle for talking about children’s health.”
Mrs. Obama’s ideas to reduce the childhood obesity epidemic include ensuring healthier options are in school lunches, encouraging more physical activity, increasing the availability of healthy food in every neighborhood and giving parents and kids better nutrition education.
Would a meat-free Monday be too much to ask for as well?
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Simon Cowell has forbiddenX Factor star Alexandra Burke from getting a dog because he thinks she’s wouldn’t be able to devote enough time and attention to one.
“I really wanted a dog this year,” Burke said. “Simon’s said I can’t have one because I’m too busy.”
Instead Burke plans on buying another home.
Hopefully she won’t turn it into a Paris Hilton zoo and store twenty something handbag puppies in it.
If anyone champions the welfare of dogs, it’s Simon.
He’s been caught on more than a few occasions snuggling with four pawed people and took time to record a public service announcement about not leaving pets unattended in cars.
Did you hear the rumor that Ted Danson was a vegan?
It’s absolutely NOT true.
“Oh yeah, no, I’m an actor,” Danson told GQ magazine. “Which means one week I’m vegan, the next I don’t know.”
He emphasized his reluctance to be vegetarian even more during the interview when he jokingly said he would order the California condor or gorilla, deciding on scallops in the end.
No, not even sharing the Bored To Death set with vegan Jason Schwartzman has pulled Danson to the veg side yet.
Danson does consider himself an environmentalist and narrates End of the Line, a film about the depletion of fish.
