Now that you have used the term of sustainability for your endeavors, explain in detail what the opposite is and how you differ please.
OK, now, this has been a nice art lesson. Now where's the food?
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There is not really much to see of the dishes in the film, except for a listing of something made of "Red Kangaroo" and the mussels. Not clear, why does the chef call his products "sustainable"? Is it an attempt to popularize the restaurant among the idle uninformed more-or-less rich, who try to live up to the latest politically correct trends? But there are beautiful pictures of the ocean and the coastline.
Reducing portion size definitely increases sustainability!
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Nicely done, thank you.
I wish that everyone was paying such close attention to how we treat our home and its bounty. Taking everything and leaving nothing to replenish itself is a mug's game.
I wish that everyone was paying such close attention to how we treat our home and its bounty. Taking everything and leaving nothing to replenish itself is a mug's game.
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Beautiful documentary piece.
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Good guy. That said, he is only reaching very wealthy people who for the most part, could care less. And are such a small part of the population. And the more the wealthy like organic/sustainable food, the more expensive it gets.
Here in northern California there are so many restaurants using local sustainable food that the price at the farmers markets have gone sky high.
What is really needed are federal policies and funding that favor sustainable agriculture.
Here in northern California there are so many restaurants using local sustainable food that the price at the farmers markets have gone sky high.
What is really needed are federal policies and funding that favor sustainable agriculture.
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There is no sustainable animal food source for 7 Billion human beings! Only sustainable food sources are plant based. So let us not be fooled by his own definition of "sustainable." If you have hard time believing what I am saying, just use your back of the envelope calculations of how many cows, pigs, chicken or fish the earth would need if the consumption patterns of his customers is applied to 7 Billion people.
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I'm afraid I'm your typical, gauche, East-Coast American who believes that people frequent Attica and Mr. Shewry's cooking not because the restaurant's name evokes Athens, but the prison in my part of the U.S. I'm also quite sure that the clientele go to be seen, then hotfoot it to where they can get a real meal.
The video displays servings that I'm sure are delicious, but that also appear to be fit fodder for munchkins -- and largely vegetarian ones, at that. I can't believe that your typical Aussie (of whom I've known quite a few) would bother.
Spare me from cardboard, even artificially tasty cardboard. Bring on flesh-of-animals, and leave fashion for its own sake to the tony.
The video displays servings that I'm sure are delicious, but that also appear to be fit fodder for munchkins -- and largely vegetarian ones, at that. I can't believe that your typical Aussie (of whom I've known quite a few) would bother.
Spare me from cardboard, even artificially tasty cardboard. Bring on flesh-of-animals, and leave fashion for its own sake to the tony.
Why go out of your way to be offensive? You are a clever writer and often provide a more conservative point of view, but here you just spent time figuring out how to denigrate anyone who might be interested in the topic, just because it's kind of "librul". Very much beneath you.
Meanwhile, please note:
"conservation is conservative"
And, in fact, unless you are quite elderly, you will be around to find out that the topic is valuable and food supplies are being misused and abused. Sustainable looks forward, waste backward.
Meanwhile, please note:
"conservation is conservative"
And, in fact, unless you are quite elderly, you will be around to find out that the topic is valuable and food supplies are being misused and abused. Sustainable looks forward, waste backward.
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Susan:
Trust me, I didn't go out of my way. The vast majority of people who might view this video probably have precisely the same reaction, but don't bother articulating it given the venue. As of almost 9:30 PM, there is grand total of six comments to this piece, a very visibly featured op-doc on the joys of eating what appear to be full meals of 250 calories made of outré ingredients that are "sustainable".
This isn't an Aussie solution to sustainability, and it certainly isn't an American one. Cure environmental problems by driving ten miles per month.
I'm sure Mr. Shewry's views represent a legitimate position tot take. So do mine.
Trust me, I didn't go out of my way. The vast majority of people who might view this video probably have precisely the same reaction, but don't bother articulating it given the venue. As of almost 9:30 PM, there is grand total of six comments to this piece, a very visibly featured op-doc on the joys of eating what appear to be full meals of 250 calories made of outré ingredients that are "sustainable".
This isn't an Aussie solution to sustainability, and it certainly isn't an American one. Cure environmental problems by driving ten miles per month.
I'm sure Mr. Shewry's views represent a legitimate position tot take. So do mine.
By the looks of what was served, it would cost several hundred dollars for a man who actually works for a living to get sufficient sustenance there. And you can bet those being served were not people who must engage in labor, unlike 99 % of the real world.