Farm Bill Pays Many, and Lavishly, for No Apparent Reason
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Used to be a Farmer? Here's $26 Billion
How To Buy Sustainable Seafood
Three Web sites and Six Questions to Help You Choose Wisely
Livestock Create 18% Of Greenhouse Gases
It’s Not Just Burping Cows, But the Land Cleared for Them to Graze
Pot Pie Recall Expands: Don't Eat Any ConAgra Pot Pies
Brands Include Banquet, Albertson’s, Food Lion, Great Value, Hill Country Fare, Kirkwood, Kroger, Meijer, Western Family
Can Vegetarianism Go Local?
What does it mean when the way we build our cities makes it impossible to live sustainably?
One Fish, Two Fish, Bad Fish, Good Fish
For Pregnant Women and Mothers, Conflicting Recommendations on Mercury and Omega-3s
What the Labels on Water Bottles Mean
Just What Does “Artesian†— Or “Purified†— Really Say About Water Quality?
The Health Benefits of Tea
Scientists Increasingly Turn up Evidence Supporting Claim that Tea is Good for You
Napa Valley Wineries Face Climate Shuffle
Whether the wild and crazy weather of 2007 will mean a stellar or mediocre vintage for California wines (or something in between), remains to be seen.
Celebrating Real Food On College Campuses by Anna Lappe
Entering the scene in force just a couple of years ago, the student movement for fair and local food on campuses and for launching college-based farms is taking off across the country.
Sharing A Local Menu with The Flexitarian Peter Berley
The Flexitarian Table's Peter Berley shares two locally-sourced recipes.
Florida Orange Juice Faces Existential Threat
A new disease is attacking orange groves, and it has some Florida citrus growers talking about potentially catastrophic damage to the industry. The Asian disease has a mild name — Citrus greening — but it has already spread to 27 of 32 Florida counties producing citrus fruit like oranges, lemons and grapefruit.
Go Vegetarian, At Least For Today, For The Climate
Today is the 30th anniversary celebration of World Vegetarian Day — a day to recognize and promote the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.
Global Warming Affecting Wine Vintages Worldwide
Earlier harvests, longer growing seasons and a shifting in latitude or altitude — these are the factors shaping the wine-making industry worldwide, and it all appears to be due to global warming.
Loads of Chinese Wheat Gluten Stopped at the Border
The crackdown begs a fundamental question. If we’re finding so much tainted product when we look, what is it that we’re not looking for? The FDA, it is now well known, inspects about 1% of the food imports that arrive on U.S. shores. What’s the next melamine?