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The European Union bans battery cages for hens
In the European Union, hens can no longer be kept in tiny battery cages that pack them so tightly they could not walk or flap their wings. The EU voted to ban the cages in 1999 but gave the poultry industry 12 years to implement the switch-over. As of 2012, the use of battery cages […]
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Urban farming essentials: Authors of a new, definitive guide tell all
Urban farming veterans Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal used to joke about writing a book just so they'd have a quick response to the flood of questions they'd both get. The Essential Urban Farmer might just get them off the hook -- for a little while anyway.
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The cleaner plate club: Making sustainable food realistic for parents
What does it really take to bridge the worlds of the "Monsanto-hatin’, farmers-market-shoppin’, card-carrying CSA member" and that of the harried working parent?
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Paula Deen’s missed opportunity
Food Network star and fried Twinkie maven Paula Deen could have used the public unveiling of her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis -- and the resulting gig with Novo Nordisk -- to reach out to Americans struggling to eat healthier. Instead she told America: "It won't change how I cook."
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How to start urban composting in your building
Dirt is great stuff: You can grow things in it, which means that in the future when the only thing left is climate change, zombies, and Terminators designed to look like Kardashians, it will be a kind of wealth. So you should probably be hoarding it like a Ron Paul fanboy hoards gold. The cool […]
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New Agtivist: Growing food sovereignty in the desert
In the unincorporated colonias near the borderlands of New Mexico -- an area known for its poverty and lack of infrastructure -- food activist Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard is planting gardens and inspiring a new take on food.
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A look at the $175 in your compost
In 2009, U.S. consumers spent a whopping $32 billion on vegetables they bought, never ate, and ended up throwing away. And no, the solution is not to stop buying vegetables.
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An easy shell: Sustainable oysters [VIDEO]
On the Rappahannock River off Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, one family business hopes to restore the waterway's ecosystem, one oyster at a time.
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Biodiversity vs. monoculture
Grist is beginning a Lexicon of Sustainability weekly series. Check out these artistically altered images from around the sustainable food world.
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Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’
Beekeepers from around the country met to talk about the state of the industry, while new information strengthens the case for the role of pesticides in bees' decline.
