http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/ The voice of The Sietch community Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-60112 The Sietch Blog » 2007 » July » 08 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:26:04 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-60112 [...] We have written about this before, check it out here. [...] [...] We have written about this before, check it out here. [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-45443 Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development » Benton, Lane, Linn, Lincoln, Marion and Polk Counties of Oregon » Blog Archive » The Oil We Eat Sat, 19 May 2007 20:50:56 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-45443 [...] http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/ [...] [...] http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/ [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-39447 The Sietch Blog » Switch Your Lunch, Save The Planet Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:56:42 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-39447 [...] calorie, but it also takes more land to grow the crops that cow ate, it takes more water, it takes more oil, and it takes more chemicals (most farms don’t grow organic feed crops), and you feed less [...] [...] calorie, but it also takes more land to grow the crops that cow ate, it takes more water, it takes more oil, and it takes more chemicals (most farms don’t grow organic feed crops), and you feed less [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-35984 The Sietch Blog » Blast From The Past Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:41:51 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-35984 [...] The oil we eat. Interesting article about how much oil goes into making your food. March 28, 2006 A crude menu A lot of fossil-fuel energy goes into the production of food: [...] [...] The oil we eat. Interesting article about how much oil goes into making your food. March 28, 2006 A crude menu A lot of fossil-fuel energy goes into the production of food: [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-21215 The Sietch Blog » Making Fertilizer The Right Way Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-21215 [...] You may or may not know, but most food production uses a lot of oil. A lot of this oil is used in the production of fertilizer. As mentioned in the previous post, the University of Minnesota is working on a way to use windpower air and water to create nitrogen fertilizer. This would significantly reduce the amount of oil that is used on our nations fields. Providing a sustainable way to create fertilizer (if using fertilizer is a good idea or not I leave to another debate). [...] [...] You may or may not know, but most food production uses a lot of oil. A lot of this oil is used in the production of fertilizer. As mentioned in the previous post, the University of Minnesota is working on a way to use windpower air and water to create nitrogen fertilizer. This would significantly reduce the amount of oil that is used on our nations fields. Providing a sustainable way to create fertilizer (if using fertilizer is a good idea or not I leave to another debate). [...]

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-10371 Rhiannon Macfie Miller Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:31:11 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-10371 Even apples get some quite intensive processing: they are picked by machine while unripe, and stored under carbon dioxide, sometimes for months, to keep them from ripening before the supermarkets are ready to sell them. Even apples get some quite intensive processing: they are picked by machine while unripe, and stored under carbon dioxide, sometimes for months, to keep them from ripening before the supermarkets are ready to sell them.

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 MaryMartha Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:15:40 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2006/03/28/oil-we-eat/#comment-3237 WOW! I think I'll have a locally grown apple and some water (from our well) for breakfast from now on. Fabulous article. Thanks for the enlightenment! WOW! I think I’ll have a locally grown apple and some water (from our well) for breakfast from now on. Fabulous article. Thanks for the enlightenment!

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