Old 99 farm, Week of Apr 19, 2015

We got the chickens moved to the ‘eggmobile’ so they are on pasture again, after the winter in Florida (the greenhouse). I wonder if you will notice any difference in flavour or colour of eggs in coming weeks?

Some new greens to offer: rapini, arugula mixed salad. Still lots of kale.

Now for your piece of the blogosphere that should unseat you. Because of the momentous Paris Climate Summit later this year, you can expect to confront reams of news and pseudonews on the topic of Climate Disruption, Adapation, Mitigation.

I am quoting advice from Joe Romm at Climate Progress on how to discern the substantive from the fluff and even intentional disinformation. (http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/17/3647947/climate-change-bs-guide/)
“This may turn out to be one of the most important years in world history. The leading nations of the world are finally making serious pledges to address the greatest preventable threat to health and well-being of humanity, leading up to the Paris climate talks in December.”

“In the interest of time, let’s cut directly to the second most important thing you’ll read on climate change this year, the time-saving secrets:

1. Skip climate articles by people who think the problem is hopeless or intractable — because it most certainly is not.
2. Skip articles written by George Will and his ilk.
3. Skip articles — especially longer climate essays — by authors who don’t explicitly tell you what temperature target or CO2 concentration target they embrace and how they’d go about attaining it.
4. Skip articles embracing Orwellian terms like “good Anthropocene.”

I encourage you to read the whole article, and yes, bookmark that website. We all need to become informed of what the scientists and policy makers are saying.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

ps we need more egg cartons and 750ml yoghurt tubs.