tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post3404933277259071278..comments2023-05-10T16:38:37.925+01:00Comments on Stockwood Pete: Kerry and the Bill-killersPete Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115478143080295370noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-54759132618361875722010-11-20T16:31:51.967+00:002010-11-20T16:31:51.967+00:00And this piece shows the worldwide ramifications o...And <a href="http://intercontinentalcry.org/killing-fields-the-battle-to-feed-factory-farms/" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> shows the worldwide ramifications of our current globalised food system.<br /><br />We're right to be concerned about the loss of green space in our own back yard in the West Country, but the agribusiness we get our food from here is destroying the environment and the livelihoods of millions of people in other countries.<br /><br />All the more reason for all of us to get growing as much of our own food as we can, locally and with as few external inputs as possible.between-the-lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523250378946750149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150854159364820604.post-52709868690511101872010-11-14T10:16:55.600+00:002010-11-14T10:16:55.600+00:00Re the 'talk-out' of the Sustainable Lives...Re the 'talk-out' of the Sustainable Livestock Bill, it's against an alarming background of similar coalition moves toward the industrialisation of animal-keeping. Always the commercial prioriies first, externalising the costs to the environment or to the animals themselves. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-great-animal-rights-betrayal-2132827.html" rel="nofollow">This piece</a> in yesterday's Independent catalogues what they're up to.Stockwood Petehttp://stockwoodpete.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com