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From the stories that made our hearts leap with inspiration to the stories that made us shake our heads -- in no particular order -- here are some of Ecocentric's most compelling stories from the last year. Enjoy!
The latest Freeing the Grid report aims to help level the playing field for clean energy. Download the new report to see if your state makes the grade!
Our Hero: Judith Labelle of the Glynwood Center
Judith Labelle is the president of the Glynwood Center, an organization dedicated to regional food systems in the Northeast. Recently, we talked to Judith about her path as an environmental lawyer and land conservation professional, her agricultural policy wish-list and her love for hummingbirds.
Freeze The Last Vegetables For The Cold Months Ahead
It’s that time of year. The growing season is winding down, but there is still quite an abundance of local fruits and vegetables at all but the northernmost farmers’ markets. But there is a way to extend the bounty. Preserve, preserve, preserve!
Smart restaurant owners see that consumers are making smarter choices when it comes to personal health as well as the environment and as a result, they are offering more local, seasonal produce, vegetarian options as well as grass-fed beef, pastured pork and free range organic chicken.
Despite the potential environmental threat posed by genetically engineered fish, biotech corporation, AquaBounty has received more than $2.4 million in federal research grants since 2003 to support its GE salmon project.
Some say we shouldn't be using subsidies to pick energy winners and losers. Too late! Fossil fuels have been the federal government’s winner of choice for close to a hundred years, subsidizing a mature and hugely profitable industry.
China has announced that it will join the European Union in banning the use of antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) in food animal production, WattAgNet.com reports. This is clearly big news.
Erin Fairbanks is the project director of No Goat Left Behind, an initiative through October to connect goat farmers around the US with chefs and increase consumer knowledge about goat meat.
The word on everyone’s lips this month is “food.” Advocates across the world are holding deliberate conversations about our complex food system, and about why our food choices matter.
