tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post509527076998880483..comments2023-10-28T04:44:38.066-04:00Comments on An Indiana Hoosier in the Land of the Rising Sun: Vertical farms? Buying local in ManhattenJeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459818138041450681noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post-64902760720276901042007-07-12T03:30:00.000-04:002007-07-12T03:30:00.000-04:00I've heard of the slow food movement, but don't kn...I've heard of the slow food movement, but don't know too much about it. It sounds like a good idea overall, but mostly because I don't like fast food that much. <BR/><BR/>Japan is full of PET bottles and needs to cut down. At least they get recycled, but it probably isn't enough. Lately I've been making my own barley tea to take to work with me since it's cheaper. I just drop a teabag into my Nalgene bottle and stick it in the fridge before bed and when I wake up, I've got a liter of tea for the day.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459818138041450681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post-53057291725443155272007-07-11T12:33:00.000-04:002007-07-11T12:33:00.000-04:00Actually, I don't drink bottled water. We drink fi...Actually, I don't drink bottled water. We drink filtered tap water. On the off chance that I do buy bottled water I buy the most local stuff I can find. Have you seen where a bunch of US cities are banning city sponsored bottled water? 5 years ago it was all the rage and no one would have been caught dead without a bottle attached to their hip! Now it is quickly beocming taboo. Although the amount of plastic bottles made to house soda and the like far out wiegh what is used for water!Damien and I are trying hard to buy local vegetables, eggs, honey etc. because we have also been reading a lot about the real cost of eating imported food and out-of-season food. I am reading a good book about it now by Barbara Kingsolver called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I am looking into joining Slow Food International as well. Are you familiar with that group?Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317097386536539058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post-42024322716408689492007-07-11T04:11:00.000-04:002007-07-11T04:11:00.000-04:00It's more of a thought experiment rather than a re...It's more of a thought experiment rather than a real situation. It's meant to show the absurdity of how much energy we expend moving things around. It's affordable because we don't put a price on the aftereffects of the fuel we consume to get things where we want them. Salmon from Chile, for example, is cheaper than the salmon from Hokkaido (northern Japan). But it also has to be shipped across the Pacific in a refrigerated ship.<BR/><BR/>Ana, if you drink bottled water, Evian from France, you could well be worse off than milk from Wisconsin. Energy efficiency-wise, not relating to milk.<BR/><BR/>If you replace glass of milk with bottle of imported water because you think Indy tap water tastes like a fish tank, does that situation makes more sense?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459818138041450681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post-5244211854131320192007-07-10T12:40:00.000-04:002007-07-10T12:40:00.000-04:00Who drinks milk when they are hot and thirsty? Not...Who drinks milk when they are hot and thirsty? Not to mention that the fuel we put in our cars is transported a lot further than the milk we drink. sorta makes that whole comment sound like it came from someone a bit soft in the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9235710.post-16392621001714673772007-07-09T08:55:00.000-04:002007-07-09T08:55:00.000-04:00I drink water to replenish after walking, not milk...I drink water to replenish after walking, not milk so I hope that isn't as bad! If people stopped drinking so much milk period, think of how much gas and other resources we would save! Not to mention the better health of people who drink less milk. Cow's milk is specially made for cow babies, not adult humans!Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317097386536539058noreply@blogger.com