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02/13/2016

Eat in season with this delicious-looking list of recipes.

02/13/2016

Given the recent unfolding of events in Flint, MI...

If you have soil that's been contaminated by lead, you know that it's probably not safe for vegetable gardening and it can also be a hazard to children and pets

02/12/2016

"Besides throwing up herbs and interventions for testing and therefore cooptation by the biomedical establishment, does [Traditional Chinese Medicine] also offer a useful approach to healing that should be preserved?"

Once associated with musty medical halls frequented by the older generation of Chinese, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) now has a larger base of believers.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

02/12/2016

Tired of having your avocados shipped from Mexico? Ever considered growing your own cold-hardy variety?

Cold-Hardy Avocados

02/11/2016

Save your pomegranate peels!

Gargling with pomegranate peel mixture can help you prevent as well as fightgum disease.

02/11/2016

“The meat industry knows their products aren’t sustainable… We believe that in 20 years, a majority of meat sold in stores will be cultured.”

The meat industry is long overdue for innovation. We're using cutting-edge technology to grow real meat without the animals. The result? "The meatball that c...

02/11/2016

If things have gotten worse for female farmers, then why is the Agricultural Census reporting such a large increase in their number?

In 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report on female farmers that contained what appeared to be some very good news: the share of farms operated by women had nearly tripled in the thirty years...

02/10/2016

“Cage-free” is a bit misleading, however, if you’re imagining that the chickens will be living a bucolic existence pecking out bugs in a farmyard. Unlike pasture-raised birds, most “cage-free” hens will still spend their entire lives indoors, in a large, crowded open space with hundreds of other birds. They may still have their beaks burned off, or trimmed, to prevent injury to other hens.

Bowing to consumer demand, more than 35 food companies have pledged to go cage-free with more almost certainly on the way.

02/10/2016

"These changes didn’t just happen. The shifts we are talking about are occurring as a result of the concerted work of dedicated advocates, activists and community-based organizations that are changing the marketplace and the food system. They are doing it not just through purchasing decisions but also by holding their elected officials accountable and demanding better food policy at local, state and national levels — all against the backdrop of billions in marketing by the processed-food and fast-food industries."

A Post columnist claimed that people don’t care as much as leaders think, but we have evidence to the contrary.

02/10/2016

“He put his fingers up, two fingers on his right hand, then five fingers with his left hand, then he moved his fingers with that hand into a zero,” Moses recalled. “He wanted a quarter of a million dollars.”