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The current state of U.S. energy subsidies: a topic that somehow manages to simultaneously bore and anger. But recent infuriating D.C. developments are shifting that balance.
The Brooklyn Grange (largest rooftop farm in the world!), has announced plans to build a second rooftop farm in Brooklyn AND launch an ambitious apiary project to produce more than 1,000 pounds of honey annually.
The egg, a symbol of life and fertility, is used across many cultures to celebrate spring. It's the perfect time of the year to reflect upon how eggs make it to our plates and how our choices in eggs, guided by labels, affect our health and the environment.
Our Heroes: Jake and Karen Fairbairn, Lazy Crazy Acres
In which we talk to Karen Fairbairn, co-owner of Lazy Crazy Acres Farm & Creamery, about life as a dairy farmer as well as the challenges with organic certification, and her recommendation to add “American Farming” to public school curriculum. We're in.
The One Gold Medal We Don’t Want to Win: U.S. Leads the Way in Breeding Antibiotic-Resistant Disease
In the U.S., we pride ourselves on being the best of the best. However, there is one area where the U.S. leads which should deeply concern us all. Agricultural use of antibiotics.
Really? Shale Gas Fracking Uses a Lot of Water? Really!
Why did oil and gas giant Apache Corporation celebrate their monumental frack job in one case and downplay it in another? In a word: water (and a lot of it). Check out our excellent infographic on hydraulic fracturing's problematic thirst.
Three governors, among them recent presidential candidate Rick Perry, two lieutenant governors and the Under Secretary for Food Safety at the USDA all went to bat for "pink slime" maker BPI. "Dude, it's beef!" said Kansas Gov. Brownback.
Energy efficiency. Not the sexiest topic in the world, but what if it could save you a ton of money? A new study says national efficiency standards could save consumers and businesses more than $1 trillion.
Heroic Endeavors: Chef Clayton Chapman of The Grey Plume
The Green Restaurant Association rated the Grey Plume in Omaha, Nebraska the most sustainable restaurant in the US. We spoke with chef/owner Clayton Chapman about the comprehensive sustainability initiatives there, from lighting timers on their house-grown microgreens to solar-powered water faucets [...]
Pea shoots and some other early spring favorites are surely right around the corner but for now, at least here in NYC,the pickin’s are slim: we’ve got meat, dairy, apples (lots of apples!), root vegetables and some good looking sweet potatoes.
