Friday 22 October 2010

'Man cannot live by Sky alone' - or can he?

Well, I've always found it intriguing how the Soil Association and PR agencies glean quotes from the millions of spoken and written words that bombard us every day. And none more so than this one:
“Britons now spend more on Sky than on bread [more than £4bn Sky to £3.4bn bread].”
Lord Maurice Saatchi on the http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9116000/9116903.stm Today Programme.
He was, of course, referring to the influence of Rupert Murdoch on how you can changing the world against all probability, speaking at last night's Lady Thatcher Lecture launch.
I don't think there was any other green message there, but it still leaves food for thought, if you'll pardon the pun.
But there's lots more in todays Newsletter from the www.soilassociation.org Soil Association:
'No more beef and cheese: Go vegetarian' cries the http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1322704/Go-vegetarian-order-Government-food-police.html#ixzz134qNWnNi daily mail;
An article on the real meaning of 'Green valleys: sustainable food in Wales' and the provision of food for the local community (from http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/21/green-valleys-sustainable-food-wales The Guardian;
or, from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8077258/Michelle-Obama-digs-for-victory-as-the-President-hits-the-campaign-trail.html The Daily Telegraph:
The First Lady’s White House harvest
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama harvests a pumpkin from her garden veg patch with local 5th graders as they participated in the White House Kitchen. The harvest of Hallowe'en pumpkins was part of the first lady's Lets Move! campaign to reduce childhood obesity.
The Daily Telegraph (22 October, p.21)
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An interesting read!

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