| [...] Researchers are comparing organic and conventionally grown produce like strawberries and tomatoes in search of nutritional differences, but for the moment, there’s much more work to be done. If you want to ramp up your nutrition, experts agree, just eat more fruits and vegetables, especially fresh ones. By and large, they’re all nutritional powerhouses. [...] |
| “Why on Earth would you live in an old house?” a coworker innocently asked Alex Seleny soon after he started a new job last year. He’d found himself in an inevitable conversation about home maintenance – this one happened to be about the wisdom of watering concrete-slab foundations. When Alex had revealed that his own house is a centenarian, the others expressed surprise verging on horror, he recalls. [...] |
| [...] The best way to treat animals, such extremists as Freedman and Barnouin argue, is to not raise and kill them at all. But it isn’t realistic to hope that the whole planet will go vegan someday. No matter how many horror stories they tell, people will continue to eat animals and their products. What’s more, demonizing all ranchers and poultry farmers isn’t fair to the ones who work hard to do what’s right. With my dollar, I’ll create market value for humane treatment. I’ll spend my money and fill my plate supporting people who practice animal compassion. They--not a doomed-from-the-start campaign for global veganism--are our best weapon against animal cruelty. [...] |
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