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Study shows progress in rebuilding global fisheries
By Eartheasy, Posted August 24th, 2009The world’s commercial fisheries, pressured by overfishing and threatened with possible collapse by mid-century, could be rebuilt with careful management, according to new research.
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An organic farmer’s perspective on the meat/climate change debate
By Eliot Coleman, Grist.org, Posted August 20th, 2009A 2007 UN report called “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” claimed that 18 percent of global human-induced greenhouse gas emissions stem from meat production. Eliot Coleman, a respected small-scale farmer, offers this counterpoint.
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Urban Beekeeping – the latest buzz
By Christian Science Monitor, Posted July 28th, 2009Urban settings can be surprisingly productive environments for raising bees
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Can We Rely on Organic Food and Clothing?
By Bob Folkart, LiveLifeOrganics.com, Posted July 27th, 2009Have organic labels and the food and clothing products that exhibit them lost their reliability?
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Are pesticides causing Parkinson’s disease?
By Robin Marantz Henig, OnEarth Magazine, Posted June 22nd, 200930-plus years of research sheds light on a hidden connection…
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Using markets to make fisheries sustainable
By Robert Stavins, Posted May 2nd, 2009Can government provide a solution to the global issue of over-fishing?
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Fruits and vegetables yielding fewer nutrients than in the past
By Greg Seaman, Posted May 1st, 2009While modern farming tecniques are producing larger and more perfect fruits and vegetables, the yield in terms of nutrients is declining.
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Congress moves to ban BPA from all food containers
By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Posted April 10th, 2009Studies prove BPA linked to numerous health risks, including cancer and diabetes.
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8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement
By Sarah VanGelder, Posted April 3rd, 2009How to turn a lawn into lunch, swap preserves, glean, boost your food security and live the good life.
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Why having more no longer makes us happy
By Bill McKibben, Posted April 2nd, 2009The formula of human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?
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The New Rules of Food
By Alan Mammoser, Posted March 26th, 2009Concerned citizens, farmers and others are starting to work on a new set of rules for the food system.
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Consumer Culture is no accident
By David Suzuki, Posted March 25th, 2009“The American economy’s ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods”. What kind of society does this create?
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Having a voice makes people happy
By Frances Moore Lappe, Yes Magazine, Posted March 10th, 2009“I have to feel I am doing something to address the roots of suffering,” he replied, “or I couldn’t be happy.”
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Can organic farming feed the world?
By The Organic Consumers Association, Posted January 30th, 2009A summary of research suggests that organic agriculture could potentially supply global food needs.
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Induction Cooking
By Greg Seaman, Posted January 28th, 2009Induction cooking uses 90% of the energy produced compared to only 55% for a gas burner and 65% for traditional electric ranges.
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Warming up to solar ovens
By Sue Halpern and Bill McKibben, Posted January 28th, 2009They haven’t reached the mainstream yet, but solar cookers are attracting attention for producing intensely flavored food without match or plug.
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Feeding Our Future
By Michael Ableman, Posted January 28th, 2009Imagine a world where students could plant, harvest and cultivate the foods they eat in their school cafeterias.
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Family Values and Food Sustainability
By Carlo Petrini, Slow Food, Posted January 28th, 2009Ensuring good food for all in the future means looking to the ways of the past.
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Let fish go to your head
By Leslie Beck, Posted January 28th, 2009Fish is great brain food. Minimize its contaminants by choosing the right kinds.
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BottleMania – How water went on sale and why we bought it
By Elizabeth Royte, Posted January 28th, 2009Elizabeth Royte’s new book explains why bottled water is one of the greatest marketing coups of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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