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ScienceDiet – Let ‘Em Eat Weeds

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And here you thought only crickets were the new, approved food for the masses…

5 reasons we need to start nurturing – and eating – weeds.  Sticks and twigs and bugs for thee, steak for me.

World Economic Forum–Finding new plant-based foods is becoming increasingly urgent with the world’s population forecast to grow by two billion in the next 30 years. While farming animals for meat generates 14.5% of total global greenhouse emissions, weeds capture carbon from the atmosphere and can therefore help to control climate change.

Of course, not all wild plants are safe to consume – some are poisonous. You should always check with a reliable source before eating them. Many countries also have laws against harvesting some wild plants, so the best advice is to check before you pick.

The World Economic Forum’s recent virtual event, Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good, was asking how food systems can be improved to feed the extra mouths, including looking at alternative food sources.

After we’ve filled our plate at the ‘All You Can Eat’ Weed Bar, let’s move on down the line to the Bug Bar.

‘Pooper Preppers’ Are Hoarding Pooper Paper Again

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Toilet Paper is Scarce Again as ‘Panic Factor’ Returns

NBC4 Los Angeles–The line of departing trucks never goes away. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, they leave with thousands and thousands of rolls onboard.

In her 42 years in the toilet paper business, Lizanne Nanez with the Charmin Plant Finance Department has heard them all — the jokes, the puns all in good fun she says. But nobody’s laughing now.

“No, no! Now it’s essential,” Nanez said.

Meanwhile In Canada – Welcome To Jurassic Park, Eh?

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Just kidding Canada, eh? Actually these are the Hauntingly Beautiful Frozen Forests of Finland.

During winter, the heavy snow transforms the Finnish Lapland into a surreal landscape reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

All trees, shrubs, and rocks become so thickly cloaked in snow they appear like strange, distorted alien figures jutting out of the ground. Everything else is swallowed in a desolate white wasteland frozen under temperatures ranging from -40 to -15 degrees Celsius.