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We Feed Our People - Washington, DC

January 18 - A Well-Fed World is proud to celebrate MLK Day in the nation's capital by supporting the efforts of We Feed Our People with donated BBQ tofu from Soul Vegetarian and Vegan Mac-N-Cheese and Spicy Kale from Everlasting Life.

See WFOP updates on Facebook.

When WFOP was first launched in 1988, programs that provided food for the homeless, including most shelters, did not provide meals on Sundays and holidays. As a result the King Holiday would harm those that he dedicated the last days of his life attempting to help - poor people (read more about WFOP).

Helping Haiti - YES! Alternative Organizations

For a list of less mainstream organizations and an explanatory letter - visit the YES! Helping Haiti page.
See new relief efforts by Food For Life Global.

Robert Goodland at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture

January 14-16 - International Green Week, Berlin - Robert Goodland to present his newest paper - "How the Food Industry Can Reverse Climate Change Quickly and Profitably" at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.

 

Meat Consumption Addressed in Copenhagen

Mia MacDonald, Brighter Green, cautioned against the increase in global meat consumption that is contributing to climate change. She noted that the contribution to climate change by industrial farmers impacts small-scale agriculture and livestock keepers, and that issues of equity and “climate space” require further attention at the policy level. Click here for COP15 report.

Robert Goodland at the FAO for Pre-Copenhagen Consultation

December 1 - The FAO invited Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang to participate in pre-Copenhagen consultations in response to their article “Livestock and Climate Change” published in World Watch magazine.

Robert Goodland's 10-page brief "Forests, Fisheries, Agriculture: A Vision for Sustainability" - prepared for the FAO meeting.
Agenda of the FAO Expert Consultation, December 2-4, 2009 - Rome.

From the intro: Between the FAO’s founding in 1945 and today, worldwide human population has roughly tripled, while the livestock population has increased more than six times.  As a result, livestock have changed from being one of many sectors dependent on natural capital to being today’s top determinant of the future of natural capital.  Notably, worldwide each year, livestock are the leading driver of deforestation, while consuming up to half the catch of marine organisms and as much as half of all crops brought to market. (full brief - PDF)

Profits and Politics Over People - Bill Passes

October 27 - Just a week after the World Watch article, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (HR 2996) that includes a much contested amendment from Idaho’s Mike Simpson that: "prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from being allowed to gather any data on the contribution that animal agriculture makes to climate change." This is finalized bill... its next step is to the President.

Livestock Proposed to be #1 Human Cause of Greenhouse Emissions

Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?

From the Worldwatch Institute - 10/20/09: The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors of "Livestock and Climate Change". A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions are attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, and poultry. But recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang finds that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions. Full article + Sources and Q&A Forward our climate change alert with an at-a-glance summary More details on our Global Warming page

 

More News

~ Business Review - "Schumer on guard for dairy farmers" - $600M subsidies (Link).
~ AP - "60% of Adults Can't Drink Milk" (Link).
~ Time Magazine - "Getting Real About the High Cost of Cheap Foods" (Link).
~ IVU - Ghent, Belgium becomes first city to adopt Meat-Free Day of the Week (Link).
~ USDA - "Livestock Inventories Respond to Decreased Demand" (PDF).
~ ADA - "Well-Planned Vegetarian Diets are Healthful, May Help in Disease Prevention" (Link).

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