BITS AND PIECES
Here are short articles on the North American Bison, E.B. Weiss, additives, western sheep ranchers, catalytic converter, David Large.
September/October 1973
By the Mother Earth News editors
THE NORTH AMERICAN BISON, according to the South Dakota-based National Buffalo Association, may well become a major meat animal in the United States once again. The association points out that, although the native American animals can be fattened on scrubbier forage than cattle, bisonburgers and buffalo steak contain 20% more protein than their beef counterparts. Buffalo is sure to make a comeback, says the NBA ... and maybe the organization is right. In fact, that comeback may already be upon us: Seventy years ago there were only an estimated 50 bison left in the U.S. Today, 25,000 of the animals are known to exist in public and private herds.
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E.B. WEISS, one of the advertising industry's most influential spokesmen, has given the "unlimited growth" segment of his profession a bitter pill to swallow. Far from being a temporary situation that we will pass through quickly, he says, today's energy shortage will not be alleviated for at least 15 years. "To the contrary," states Mr. Weiss, "in at least some of its major aspects it will worsen for practically every one of the next 15 years."
"We must learn to live a different way," Mr. Weiss says. "We shall have to abandon a style of society marked by profligate production, conspicuous consumption and waste for a society marked by rationalized production and consumption, and vastly increased services."
THE ARTIFICIAL COLORS AND FLAVORS now being pumped into hot dogs, ice cream, soft drinks, processed cereals and other foods "have no nutritional value", according to the July 9, 1973 issue of Newsweek. The publication quotes California allergist Dr. Ben F. Feingold as stating that the additives (classified "safe" by the FDA) can trigger extreme hyperactivity and severe learning disorders in children. Dr. Feingold cautions that his observations need substantiation but he adds that he definitely feels that hyperkinesis (a steadily growing abnormality) can be controlled by eliminating artificial colors and flavors from the diet. Unfortunately, 90% of all processed food contains these additives.
