Greenlist: Birdie birth control and food fights
>> Animal birth control: Successfully prescribed to Hollywood pigeons, but denied to Santa Monica squirrels, about 45 of which were "trapped, euthanized and fed to hawks"! Eek! Did you know that if "county inspectors count about two to three ground squirrels visible at any one time per acre of property, they can cite a homeowner, business or municipality"? My apt complex is so getting cited -- They're cute, but we have what seems like a half dozen in a small 4-apartment complex. What will happen to Nutta?
>> Audubon Society's recruiting members from minority neighborhoods. Says John Flicker, president of the society: "Most conservation organizations are run these days by white 50-something guys like me, and I'm hoping the next generation looks different."
>> Michael Pollan's back with "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." "Pollan isn't just asking us to consider changing the way we eat. He's asking us to join a movement that's 'renovating our food system in the name of health . . . in the very broadest sense of that word.'" I plan to read it -- right after I finally read "An Omnivore's Dilemma." Earlier: Eating cookies while reading "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle."
>> Raw milk advocates fight back. California dairies say a new standard on raw milk would put them out of business, and sue to stop enforcement.
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