Fowl play: Raising illegal backyard chickens [VIDEO]
Meet some outlaw chickens and the people who harbor them -- in their quiet backyards.
View ArticleTexas college turns football field into awesome urban farm
If your football team can’t hack it on the field, perhaps they can grow some kick-ass kale. At least that’s the sentiment from Dallas’ Paul Quinn College. After the university cut its football program,...
View ArticleHow catching salmon can save a forest
What does your favorite wild salmon have to do with a forest in Alaska? Quite a bit, actually.
View ArticleLet’s put an end to ‘dietary tribalism’
Vegan, paleo, raw, locavore -- who can say what's best? One writer says concerned eaters should put down their weapons and work to change the food system together.
View ArticleWe catch too many sardines — but should we stop eating them?
The problem isn’t that people are eating too many sardines -- on the contrary, it's that we're feeding most of them to farmed fish (like tuna and salmon) and industrially farmed animals.
View ArticleBy growing food, Occupy the Farm helps a movement grow up
With the takeover of a University of California agricultural testing station, Occupiers move from envisioning a new world to creating one.
View ArticleScience says: Cut that steak in half to keep the climate in check
In their continuing efforts to go beyond CO2, some scientists have been looking seriously at the impact of nitrous oxide on the climate, and results point to a very familiar refrain: Eat more plants,...
View ArticleThousands more farmers markets will soon take food stamps
The U.S. Department of Agriculture just announced a plan to add as many as 4,000 EBT machines to farmers markets in an effort to help low-income people eat healthier.
View ArticleWill old-school green groups sleep through the Earth Summit?
Twenty years ago, major U.S. environmental groups helped rally support for the Earth Summit in Rio. Today, they can hardly be bothered with it.
View ArticleCould insects feed the world? [VIDEO]
If people in the developed world can get over the psychological barrier involved in eating insects, this video segment says, we might just find that bugs are the magical, super-efficient protein source...
View ArticleWhat’s the real difference between cage-free and pastured eggs? [VIDEO]
With Big Ag hijacking terms like "free range" and reducing them to marketing slogans, how can you really tell if your eggs are humanely raised? This beautiful video from the Lexicon of Sustainability...
View ArticleIn Argentina, factory farms replacing grass-fed beef
Long known for its grass-fed beef, Argentina has traded in native grasslands for industrial soy farms and feedlots. Fortunately, some ranchers are holding on to tradition while preserving biodiversity.
View ArticleJam session: Go unconventional with vanilla-rhubarb preserves [RECIPE]
Get ready to find a place in your heart for this sophisticated spring jam, which includes a real vanilla pod and Earl Gray tea.
View ArticleBeer and cheese ‘r’ us: Why fermentation makes us human
Fermentation guru Sandor Katz talks about how the ancient craft can help us participate in cultivation as a means of cultural revival. Also, he shares a recipe for ginger beer!
View ArticleMorning chance of guilt, followed by afternoon desperation
Here is a happy recap of various depressing articles from the news today.
View ArticleTwitter founders are investing in vegan meat
Twitter cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have some proven expertise in determining the next big thing. So it's notable that they're investing in a vegan meat company called Beyond Meat, whose...
View ArticleWould you eat lab-grown meat?
What if you could eat meat without causing animals to suffer? Take our survey.
View ArticleSaving surplus: Gleaned foods make it to the grocery shelf
Most farmers plan to plow a portion of their crops back under every year, but a new project in the Bay Area is stepping in to reduce food waste at the farm level.
View ArticleTop chefs go to ‘food policy boot camp’
Chefs as sustainability advocates? Absolutely, says the James Beard Foundation, which invited 15 chefs to take a deep dive into issues of antibiotic overuse and the farm bill earlier this week.
View ArticleOnline marketplace set to launch local food vendors into the mainstream
As the tech world rushes to fill the local food space, a team of industry veterans has launched Good Eggs, a site to help small vendors scale up.
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