Climate Food and Agriculture

Urban gardens: The harvest is not just food, it's community

Community gardens have an almost magical power to change the urban landscape. Now many in New York City are safe in the hands of those who tend them.

Is it meaningless to talk about ‘sustainable’ food?

How sustainable is your jar of Ragu tomato sauce? That is an insane question, says self-described “anti-foodie” Frederick Kaufman in his TED Talk.

Sustainability, Kaufman suggests, can be sort of like porn: you know it when you see it. But people really want it to be quantifiable. Kaufman describes efforts by a grand consortium of scientists, farmers, agribusiness, and environmentalists to track all the inputs into a product and mush those into one number that would reflect its overall sustainability.

Don't eat your broccoli: Junk food industry determined to target kids

Government agencies are set to release voluntary suggestions for how Big Food could less slimy in its advertising. The industry is pushing back.

High steaks: Meat eaters' climate impact

The Environmental Working Group released the Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health, and it contains surprises for climate-conscious eaters.

Elevate your ice cream

How healthy is your ice cream? Find out with this sweet flowchart.

Organic farming is not really better for you or the planet [UPDATE: Or is it?]

Science writer Christie Wilcox lays out the top myths about organic farming in Scientific American, and they might surprise you:

Twins' desert solitaire with organic veggies [VIDEO]

In Utah canyon country, 70-year-old twins Bill and Bob Stone live off the grid, grow organic vegetables, and give tours of Native American ruins.

Would you eat mutant meat?

The FDA does Big Meat a solid by denying broader use of irradiation, which kills disease but leads to discolored and disfigured food.

Hacking for the planet

Notorious hacker group Anonymous launches a campaign of cyber attacks in support of green causes. Monsanto fell. Are Canada's tar sands next?

Michigan’s gangsta gardener gets off [VIDEO]

Julie Bass of Oak Park, Mich. no longer faces jail time for having a vegetable garden in her front yard.