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Growing Food in the Desert: The Solution to the World’s Food Crisis is Here
Agriculture uses 60-80% of the planet's scarce fresh water, but what would happen if food production used no water at all? That is what...
Flickr Users Discover New Species of Insect
A photographer living in the rainforest-rich country of Malaysia who specializes in macro photography was hiking in Selangor State Park near Kuala Lumpur when...
The Power of Selflessness: 6 Asians Who Lift the Lives of Millions
An Indonesian mountaineer who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers and a Bangladeshi lawyer who fought to keep old rusty ships from being...
How Two Bitter Adversaries Hatched A Plan To Change The Egg Business
Gene Gregory and Wayne Pacelle are the odd couple of American agriculture.
"We were adversaries. Some might say bitter adversaries," says Pacelle, president of the...
Troubled Veterans Find New Work on the Farm
A Marine sergeant and his wife have invited dozens of war veterans returning from the front lines to tend the crops and learn new...
At Last, a Year for State Budgets When the Sky is Not Falling
After a four-year run during which states had to close budget gaps of historic proportions, the term “surplus” is finally making a modest comeback...
Japan to Provide $17 Million to Afghanistan for Clean Water, Electricity
The government of Japan has pledged $17 million dollars to Afghanistan to provide more people with clean drinking water and electricity.
According to Afghan media...
Big Move: Chicago Schools To Buy Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Big news this week on several fronts: against the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and for healthier food for school children. The Chicago Public...
Young Indonesians Green Their Concrete City
Young Indonesians are breathing new life into their polluted concrete capital city with little more than buckets of soil and seeds.
A group of mostly...
Frito-Lay Just Opened “Greenest Manufacturing Facility In the US”
Frito-Lay, best known for its snack chips, achieved their "most ambitious sustainability project to-date" with the reopening of an Arizona plant the company calls...
Forest Policies in Rwanda, US and Gambia Win UN-backed Awards
Rwanda won a United Nations-backed gold award for its forest promotion policies, an event that former US track and field star Carl Lewis, a...
Rainforest destruction cut by 25%
Destruction of the world's rain forests has declined by 25 percent in the three most important regions -- the Amazon, the Congo and the...
Pennsylvania Biodiesel Plant on Track for Record Year
Mixing 70 percent animal fat, and 30 percent used cooking oil, Pennsylvania's largest biodiesel plant is on track to produce a record 40 million...
Missouri Pork Processor Will Reuse All its Waste to Power the Plant
Meat eaters should search out Heritage Acres' all-natural pork products. Not only are their pasture-raised hogs hormone-free and fed only soy, corn and oats...
Helping Veterans Trade Their Swords for Plows
Since his three tours in Iraq, a decorated Marine Corps infantry sergeant turned organic farmer has developed a six-week course in avocado agriculture for...
Hold the Fries! USDA Calls to Raise Nutrition Standards in School Meals
The government is calling for dramatic changes in school meals, upgrading the nutritional standards for the first time in 15 years. The proposed rule,...
Jeff Bridges Leads New Hungry Kids Campaign to End U.S. Childhood Hunger
Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges came to Washington, D.C. yesterday to roll out a new campaign as national spokesperson for the No Kid...
Wal-Mart to Double Purchases from Small and Local Farms
Wal-Mart joins a growing list of corporations supporting sustainable agriculture programs and small farmers, saying it is planning to double the sales of local...
‘Hunger Banquet’ at Eiffel Tower Highlights World Food Day
Ten thousand empty plates were lined up in rows on the Champ de Mars next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris today to mark...
U.S. Program to Feed 390,000 Children in Haiti, Afghanistan
Thanks to a Food for Education program, the United States will donate 11,000 tons of rice, vegetable oil, yellow peas and lentils valued at...