Sounds like she should be arguing against big agriculture monoculture instead of arguing against vegetarianism. I doubt vegetarians have had enough of a market impact to be blamed for that.

My impression from the review was that she was saying that agriculture, particularly big agriculture monoculture, has wiped out far more species than meat eating ever could. It sounds like a book I must read, since that's an argument I've made for years.

But a huge amount of that big agriculture goes toward animal feed.

Skipping ahead for some homework help:

Top is to rotate as satellite is to spin? Or rotate?

I'm having a horrible day at work, and am quite cranky, but I have to laugh when people talk about any "natural" food chain. My response is: when you can kill an animal with your bare hands, you get to eat it. That's a "natural" food chain. Not targeted to anyone here (at all) since I respect others' food eating decisions.

Top is to rotate as satellite is to spin? Or rotate?

Revolve.

You know, I have that high deductible plan, and it sucks. I don't put money in an FSA because I don't make that much, and my health insurance used to be free, with just a copay. I have been plagued by hip pain since November and I don't want to go to the doctor because I am pretty sure he wil have to do 800 million tests that I can't pay for to tell if it is my kidney, ovary, intestine, etc. I am pretty sure it is my back/hip, but the pain moves.

This was exactly my experience on the high deductable plan. Nice to have such a low per paycheck cost, but I found myself choosing not to seek medical attention for things when that really wasn't a great idea. Thankfully I didn't have anything major go wrong, and I was able to use HSA funds for dental work that wouldn't have been covered by my insurance, but I got right back on the traditional plan as soon as I could.

It is way too hot to cook, so I'm giving a raw food recipe a try. I just used a vegetable peeler to turn two zucchinis and a yellow squash into noodles. Next up, sauce ingredients into the food processor. Then everything mixed together, and tomatoes and basil on top.

I think August is my favorite farmers market month. I also got okra and Turkish eggplant. (The Turkish eggplant was because I decided that this year, I will try at least one new thing from the farmers market each week. They're bright orange! All of my usual eggplant recipes are stews and things like that, but I want to figure out something for these that doesn't hide their color.)

Now I'm craving spaghetti squash and chicken.

Thanks Hil - I misread the answers, the choices were revolve not rotate. I still don't think that is a 3rd grade level ques.

I did not claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables.

Vegetables are what food eats.