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With the launch of Campus Farmers, students growing food at schools across the country have a way to support and encourage each other.
After diagnosing what went wrong on cap-and-trade, political scientist Theda Skocpol suggests one way to proceed. It's not a very good one -- so here's an alternative.
The elections were a mixed bag for all things urban, but despite a couple of big losses, mass transit came out smelling like roses.
The corn harvest was down in Kansas this year. Meanwhile, 700 miles north in the Canadian province of Manitoba, the corn crop is booming.
With the drought driving up hay prices, farmers and ranchers are increasingly reporting theft.
With long lines and empty shelves, Hurricane Sandy has revealed the fragile web of food distribution that many New Yorkers take for granted.
Hurricane Sandy gave us a big, fat, election-season wake-up call on the climate. The president says he got the message. Now it’s time for action.
Apple's newest release contains far fewer toxic chemicals than its predecessors, but that's still not saying much.
The "godmother of goat lovers" describes how she went about changing Seattle's backyard goat laws.