The True Cost of Industrial Food Production

Here is a great article that makes a good case for learning to grow your own food. When we buy food from the grocery store, we often are satisfied at the “good deal” we got. However those $0.49 per pound bananas are costing you more in the long term.

21st Century Homesteading: Why Grow Your Own Food?

The great thing about growing your own food is that even city dwellers, such as myself, can have balcony gardens. It’s certainly worth looking into especially since with the cost of gas going up, the cost of food will soon follow.

Earth Hour is Tonight

Ack! I did not know about this until I went to Google to do some research on my previous article. Tonight is Earth Hour in which everyone is encouraged to turn out the lights in their home and otherwise not conserve energy from 8pm to 9pm your time. This is to encourage energy conservation and raise awareness of the, sometimes catastrophic, climate changes that have been going on in the last decade.

I will be participating. Will you?

Relevant Links

Earth Hour 2008 site

Wikipedia Article

World Wild Life article