[social_buttons] If you go to the Organic Consumers Association website you will see that they are upset about the way that stores like Whole Foods market products as “natural.” They believe [ … ]
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Would You Eat Cloned Fruit?
Cloned asian pears in New Zealand (photo Steve Savage) [social_buttons] OK, I’ll admit it. That question and the picture caption are a little bit manipulative because few people know that [ … ]
An “Inconvenient Truth” about Composting
Composting is a really green thing to do, right? I’ve always thought so since my Grandfather taught me to do it in the early sixties. Large-scale composting is getting to [ … ]
Help Your Favorite Local Farmers Market Win $5000
It’s an experience many of us relish– taking a weekend stroll through the colors, sounds, and smells of a local farmers market and then choosing fresh items to take back [ … ]
How To Live Richly: Go Green on a Budget
There should be no secrets among those who continue to prosper in mostly non-financial ways despite the challenging economic times. These people live (and perhaps work) following the laws of [ … ]
White House to Plant Organic Vegetable Garden
ABC news’ Brian Hartman has reported what many have been wishfully waiting to hear for months: the Obamas will soon plant an organic vegetable garden on the White House South [ … ]
The Greens Restaurant in San Francisco: Cooking Up Solutions to Climate Change
For the last twenty-eight of the thirty years of the Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, chef Annie Somerville has championed and celebrated all that sustainable, vegetarian cuisine can represent: local, [ … ]
Green Mountain College Sets the Standard for Low-Carbon Farming
“He’s happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay.” — Horace [ … ]
Reclaim Your Plate! The Sustainable Food Diet
The jury is in: the most sustainable way to feed yourself is to grow your own food. There are many factors considered when evaluating food sustainability. The primary concern is: [ … ]
Low Impact Living: Twelve Tips for Eco-Friendly Lawn Care
Editor’s note: While many will argue that there’s no such thing as an “eco-friendly lawn” (with justification), the grass covered yard is still a staple of most homes. Today, our [ … ]
Environmental Defense Fund: Bothering to Save the Planet, One Step at a Time
You swap out your light bulbs for energy-efficient ones, keep your house as chilled as a meat locker in winter, bicycle to work, eat little meat and drive a hybrid [ … ]
Pennsylvania Organic Debate
So I’ve been on a bit of an organic agriculture binge lately, but it’s just so much fun to see this important issue receiving attention. Today, I came across a [ … ]