Mar 31, 2015 11:23AM
More than 180 municipalities are asking residents to separate out food waste from trash to lighten the load on landfills.
Mar 31, 2015 11:22AM
Low-cost, easily-built homes and communal farming operations are lifting incomes while supporting a healthier environment.
A planetary return to small-scale organic farming could capture more than 40 percent of each year’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Australian researchers are using bees to introduce a biological control agent directly into cherry tree flowers.
An authoritative report finds an alarming 52 percent drop in the numbers of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish since 1970.
Although American food buying has improved, compared to other countries we still buy the most processed food as well as fewer fruits and vegetables.
Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM
Farmers are greying-out as a group, but they’re pursuing educational and networking efforts to pull in younger people to work the soil in healthy ways.
As sea vegetables such as kelp and dulse show up on more menus, entrepreneurial fishermen are starting to farm these crops.
Pushing back against free trade agreements that favor multinationals, a United Nations Commission has called for more diversity, less fertilizer and smaller-scale farms.
Water leaks can damage homes and silently siphon money out of household budgets, but there are simple ways to detect and fix them.
