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Friday music blogging: The Secret Sisters
The Secret Sisters are Lydia and Laura Rogers, a duo based in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Their sweet voices and old-time sensibility caught the interest of the legendary T-Bone Burnett, who took them under his wing, produced their record, and started a label purely to release it.
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Kids say the darndest things about the planet
Check out what kids say they would get Earth for Christmas. And find out how to win a signed copy of Kids Make It Better: A Write-in, Draw-in Journal.
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Smithfield caught on tape abusing mama pigs
The Humane Society managed to sneak an inspector into a vast Smithfield hog breeding factory. You'll never guess what the pork giant gets up to behind its famously well-guarded doors.
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Environmentalism is a plot to take over the world, says coalition of Evangelical Christians [VIDEO]
Climate change has split the Evangelical Christian world asunder. On one side, a minority say that the biblical edict to look out for the poor and be good stewards of God's creation makes them natural allies of those who would limit human emissions of greenhouse gasses. On the other ...
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Memo to ecovores: It’s cheaper being green
Listen up, locavores: Many of us live by the same ecologically sound principles as you, not so we can "live intentionally," but because we're broke.
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Food safety bill writhes under the heel of D.C. absurdity
Approved by the House and Senate and supported by the president, industry, and even sustainable-ag groups, the food-safety bill is about to get buried alive on the Senate floor. Huh???!!!
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Feeding our wood stove in winter
Our farm provides more than nutrition. We also have the land to thank for the toasty living room I now enjoy.
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Vote on the Scariest Food of 2010
From pink slime to salmonella eggs, 2010 dished up sick food news like a lunchlady gone postal. What were you most afraid to put in your mouth in 2010?
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FarmHack celebrates 'resourceful farming with found materials'
Farming attracts tinkerers, makers, and make-doers -- and now some have begun open-sourcing their inventions on a new blog.
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Who will own the smarter cities of the future?
As cities get smarter, concerns about privacy and corporate control are growing. Plus, big corporations can be pretty stupid.
