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“Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators, deer populations in parts of Britain have reached such dense numbers that the woodlands they browse fail to regenerate.”

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Tristram Stuart

Tristram Stuart (born 1977) is a British author, activist, and environmentalist known for exposing global food waste. His book 'Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal' sparked worldwide attention and drove movements to reduce food waste. Through research and advocacy, he has influenced policymakers, businesses, and the public to rethink food supply chains. He founded the organization Feedback to tackle food waste through community action and policy change. His work has had a profound impact on the global food waste issue and earned him several environmental awards. more

“I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and imperfections of civilization; ... and to find, amidst the solitude and grandeur of the western wilds, more correct views of human nature and of the true interests of man. The season of snows was preferred, that I might experience the pleasure of suffering, and the novelty of danger.”

Source: Evans's Pedestrious Tour

“The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.”

Giving Littles Pain Millions Concern Destruction Fellows Fingers Smallest Uneasiness

Author:William Hazlitt

“How great are the advantages of solitude! How sublime is the silence of nature's ever-active energies! There is something in the very name of wilderness, which charms the ear, and soothes the spirit of man. There is religion in it.”

Men Spirit Names Energy Silence Solitude Advantage Ears Active Charm Wilderness Sublime

Book:A Pedestrian Tour of four thousand miles throught the Western States and Territories during the winter and spring of 1818. Interspersed with Reflections

Source: A Pedestrian Tour of four thousand miles throught the Western States and Territories during the winter and spring of 1818. Interspersed with Reflections

“When ever the light of civilization faces upon you with a blighting power...go to the wilderness...Dull business routine, the fierce passions of the marketplace, the perils of envious cities became but a memory...The wilderness will take hold of you. It will give you good red blood; it will turn you from a weakling into a man...You will soon behold all with a peaceful soul.”