Comments for Henry Hoffman

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 6 Impact of meat and diet on human health by Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:55:36 +0000

I read the whole thing Henry! Very well written clarification of what is wrong and why…. thank you x

Comment on India trip and Navdanya by Ritu

Ritu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:26:52 +0000

Hi dear
I want to know where and when did you take this picture womans are forming community in Guptakashi
Thanks
RS

Comment on Good coffee sweeping the UK? by peter namianya

peter namianya — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:48:43 +0000

Hey my former campus cum roommate! This is really interesting observation. keep nosing around for more and sensitize the mass for a better world of food.

Im also doing the same , this time with school kids

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 9 Conclusions/Solutions by Henry Hoffman

Henry Hoffman — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:35:29 +0000

Dear Geri,

Thank you for your appreciation and comment. It is great to know that it has been useful to make this work available.

I am flattered by your interest in the possibility of taking this further. I would be very interested in assisting your work, as long as you are taking into account that in this thesis I was pulling together work from authors, many of whom have a much greater knowledge of these subjects than my own.

I’ll send you a mail.

Thanks,

Henry.

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 9 Conclusions/Solutions by Geri Atos

Geri Atos — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:55:07 +0000

Dear Mr. Hoffman,

I have read your thesis (all 9 parts) on meat consumption and wanted to let you know that it has been invaluable in my research for a documentary I am developing on CAFOs.

As you know public awareness on the detrimental impacts behind meat consumption is weak, and it is this reason that compels me to produce a documentary that will address the agricultural sustainability issues presented by the increased demand for meat.

I’m interested in opening up discussions on possibly having you partake this film. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in.

Sincerely,
Geri Atos

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 9 Conclusions/Solutions by hhoffman

hhoffman — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:43:56 +0000

Thanks Matt, it’s not an area I’ve done much research into. That’s an interesting link, Prince Charles is managing to do some good work in the area of environmental protection and sustainability. I’m not sure if much progress is going to happen until there are some fundamental changes in government policy. Changes like shifting taxation away from income and towards environmentally or socially harmful activities. Until that happens, we are mostly left with good intentions that often do not make economic sense.
Maybe the current economic crisis mixed with relatively high concern over the climate/resource issues could lead to revolutionary policy change in this area. At present it doesn’t seem likely but nor did the end of apartheid or communism in the USSR just before they happened!

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 9 Conclusions/Solutions by Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:44 +0000

“If economic factors are to continue to be used as key drivers, the economic value of sustainability needs to be realised in some way and priced into markets.”

This is what I hope to research in graduate school. Is there a new form of accounting that accounts for ecological and systematic costs? There is a movement in the UK with “Accounting for Sustainability” http://www.accountingforsustainability.org/home/ but it tends to focus entirely on energy use, not the total cost of production. Ecological economics (EE) is a worthy movement, but traditional economic measurements account in a different manner than EE.

Great summary and I enjoyed reading your paper.

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 6 Impact of meat and diet on human health by hhoffman

hhoffman — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:52:42 +0000

Thanks for your enthusiasm and feedback Matt.

Henry.

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 6 Impact of meat and diet on human health by Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:19:29 +0000

This is an awesome paper on meat consumption.

I have yet to read it all, but what an exciting find! Best,

Matt

Comment on Meat consumption research – Part 4 Industrialisation and modernisation by hhoffman

hhoffman — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:58:54 +0000

Thanks Elisabeth,
Yes, you highlight that despite its size, there is a lot more to add that could be useful and interesting – I could have gone on to write a whole book, although I had difficulty with something this size so I’m glad I didn’t have to!