Care of Creation: Making the summer classic cookout more climate friendly
Many of us will fire up a grill this summer to enjoy a cookout with family and friends. How we do it though, can make a big difference. The classic … Continue reading Care of Creation: Making the summer classic cookout.
Care of Creation: The Advantages of Eating Local Produce
Food systems in the aggregate, including agriculture (plants and animals), transportation, processing, refrigeration and the like, account for about a third of our global carbon emissions contributing to climate change. … Continue reading Care of Creation: The Advantages of Eating Local.
Care of Creation: The Minuses of Palm Oil Outweigh the Plusses
Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil on Earth, with high smoke, heat, and shelf stability. Its real advantage is commercial efficiency, since more palm oil can be … Continue reading Care of Creation: The Minuses of Palm Oil.
Care of Creation: The environmental cost of beef and dairy consumption
Domesticated livestock, mostly cows and pigs, account for some 60% of the biomass of all land mammals. Humans make up another 36%. Wild animals only account for the remaining 4%. … Continue reading Care of Creation: The environmental cost of beef.
Care of Creation: What we eat has even more impact on God’s creation than the packaging and bags we carry our food in
That’s because all food takes water and energy and is produced, processed, packaged and shipped by millions of farmers and intermediaries. Unfortunately, continuing deforestation alone accounts for a fifth of … Continue reading Care of Creation: What we eat has even.
