Low Carb Diets Make a Comeback
But this time with a twist. The “carb” stands for carbon! The Los Angeles Times syndicated a story a couple of days ago about college cafeterias that are offering low-carbon fare. You can read the whole story here.
Photo by Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
It seems a little gimmicky on the surface, but overall I think it is a good idea. If nothing else it brings attention to the intensive resources needed to grow beef and lamb for market. It is also encouraging to see publicity by the media that looks beyond just the distance traveled by food in order to assess the foods “carbon footprint”. This campaign comes complete with catchy artwork like a poster asking: “Is my cheeseburger causing global warming?”, and “You have changed your light bulbs, now change your lunch”.
Whatever you think about the global warming warnings, the changes touted by this campaign have benefits that reach way beyond that debate. Sustainable food production is an important issue that hopefully will not get sidelined because of the current world wide food shortages. Read the article, and skip a burger or two this month. I guess the logic followed by this campaign is a few less burgers = a few less cattle = a few less cattle farts = a few less pounds of methane into the atmosphere. Makes sense, I guess.
 |
4345108042635164714 
Choose from box
