sustainable food
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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So now we have beautiful underwater greenhouses. Why? Why not!
They're already producing strawberries, basil, and lettuce -- all at 20 feet below sea level.
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Even Hello Kitty is getting into sustainable food
The cartoon cat moves on from homemaking and Ferris wheel-riding to start her own wildly popular organic farm in Hong Kong.
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Williams-Sonoma wants to sell you a chicken coop
Sure, it’s green to raise chickens in your backyard, but it’s a tragedy that they have to live in rough-hewn, generic coops. What about your chickens’ sense of style and feng shui? Luckily, Williams-Sonoma takes this problem seriously.
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Critical List: Earth Hour around the world; GM cuts funding to Heartland Institute
A look at the news of the day.
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Scout’s honor: The push for sustainable cookies isn’t over yet
The efforts of two concerned scouts have finally led Girl Scouts USA to source the palm oil in their cookies sustainably. But the girls say the new policy still isn't enough.
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U.S. becomes first country on Earth to limit catch size for all fish
In a rare bipartisan move -- the policy was initiated under George W. Bush and finalized under Obama -- the federal government has enacted catch size limits in order to prevent overfishing of coastal seas, reports the Washington Post.
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Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback
Royal Palm Turkey, one of eight varieties considered to be heritage breeds.Photo: Amy Martin PachayIn 1997, The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) took a turkey census. For about half a century, nearly every turkey farm in the U.S. had been raising a breed known as the Broad Breasted White. (This cost-efficient, big-breasted bird has a […]
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FDA fights fish fraud
Not only is eating fish not the most sustainable of food choices, it's likely a rip-off. If you're eating a pricey fish like cod or salmon, there's more than a one in five chance that it's something much cheaper. The FDA, though, is developing a new regulatory program to fight fish fraud. The agency is […]