Meatless Mondays: Reducing your Carbon Footprint

I remember the first time I made a connection between meat and the environment: I read in Carl Sagan's Billions and Billions how the methane emitted from cow farts contributes massively to greenhouse gases.
Since then I've tried to consume less meat, in an effort to lower my personal impact on climate change.
Bill Chameides post this weekend for the Huffington Post adds yet another compelling reason to reduce your meat consumption: Water use. When you see the numbers added up in this way, who the hell would want to eat another burger?
Pass it on, reducing your consumption by one day a week isnt that hard, right? So let's all give it a try. In case you aren't the altruistic type, remember its also much healthier for you, and easier to digest too!

Ah! Spring is in the Air

The days are getting longer, and the light spilling in through the windows is making me think about what we eat at home, and where it comes from. We try to eat locally whenever possible, but during the winter, its difficult to find fresh produce in southwestern Ontario.
In the fall we try to load up on certain "seasonal" hard-to-finds, like bell peppers, etc. We clean and prep them and keep them in the freezer so they can provide a tiny bit of colour during the dull winter months.
For anyone trying to be more mindful of what they eat, I would highly recommend reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. This book documents Kingsolver's family's year of living off the land. Of course for the average family, especially here in Canada, this extreme a lifestyle change is not feasible, but the book provides lots of great suggestions for how we can all reduce our negative impact on the environment, and even come to enjoy and appreciate our food even more.
http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/