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All food politics is local: What’s next for the sustainable food movement?
Local and regional food systems are where the action is going to be. What's working where and who's making it work?
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Man of the cloth: Zace the Great grows organic, heirloom veggies — and blue jeans
On a farm in the hills of Ohio, 36-year-old Zachary Myers has built a cottage industry on vintage denim.
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London’s new solar bridge is the largest in the world
It will provide half the energy to central London's Blackfriars train station.
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U.N. warns us to eat less meat and lay off biofuels, or we’re in for it
If we don't mend our ways, wild areas nearly as big as Brazil will turn into farmland by 2050. A new U.N. report lays out a plan for avoiding that.
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Freedom Industries kept West Virginia spill details secret
When that West Virginia tank busted open earlier this month, a second toxic chemical spilled into the Elk River. The company knew -- but didn't bother telling officials.
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Ask Umbra: What do I do about my treacherous sidewalks this winter?
A reader says he's afraid someone will slip and end up hurt. Umbra offers a little ice-breaker.
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Front-vine lessons: What made Florida’s tomato-field uprising work
How the Immokalee Coalition got Walmart and the fast food chains to do right by tomato workers -- and propagated a new-model activism.
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Seashore solar comes to Japan
Japan's largest solar power plant has been built on reclaimed land jutting into a bay -- a creative solution for a crowded country.
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“We can’t trust capitalism to just fix this” global warming mess
Journalist McKenzie Funk explains how capitalists are getting ready for climate change, but that doesn't mean we can sit back and relax just yet.
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As the West dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to make a killing
A sneak peek at Windfall, a smart new book on the business of climate change.
