Guest guest Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Presents Food choices and the environment: What you eat makes a difference! Wednesday,October 1, 2008 12–1:30 p.m. Latino/Hispanic Room San Francisco Public Library, Lower Level 100 Larkin St. (at Grove St.) Did you know: · Food in the United States travels an average of 1500 miles before it is consumed?* · Over 12,000 chemicals and 3,000 additives are used to produce our food?* · Livestock production generates even more greenhouse gases than cars?* · You have a say in changing these statistics! Panelists: Ø Linda Riebel, author, Eating to save the earth: food choices for a healthy planet Ø Claudia Delman, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Ø Kristen Miles, San Francisco Vegetarian Society *Sources: Linda Riebel; Eating to save the earth, 2002; " Rethinking the Meat Guzzler " by Mark Bittman, NY Times, Jan. 27, 2008; " Eating Less Meat And Junk Food Could Cut Fossil Energy Fuel Use Almost In Half " Science Daily, July 24, 2008. All programs at the Library are free. For additional information: (415) 557-4277 www.sfpl.org Cosponsors: Wallace Stegner Environmental Center and Business, Science & Technology Department sign, Sunny signature: this got people to wake up on how cows are made http://www.markfiore.com/doreen_downer_0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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