Table Scraps is a blog maintained by Bailey Norwood, one of the editors of Food & Resource Dialogues. It's purpose is to explore what is happening in the world of agriculture, food and resources; to discover topics that would make interesting FRD articles; to help readers understand different perspectives on controversial topics—including why intelligent people form different opinions; and to experiment with different ways of applying economics to contemporary topics.
The entries in Table Scraps are not peer-reviewed items of research, nor do they represent the views of anyone in particular (not even the blog's author!).
Monday, June 25, 2012
An article you should write... (meat and global warming)
ScienceDaily recently summarized research saying we should eat less meat to combat climate change. I'd like to see an article showing the impact of eating less beef versus chicken, and the impact of eating less chicken relative to, say, lowering your thermostat by 0.05 degrees during the summer.