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Michelle Obama Joins Disney in Healthy Living Campaign
First Lady Michelle Obama joined the Walt Disney Company in a new media campaign designed to give parents and kids more reasons to eat...
Good News on the Hunger Front
There is some good news when it comes to the battle against global hunger. The United Nations today lowered its estimate of the number...
Ghana’s Incredible Path Out of Hunger and Poverty
Ghana is on track to be the first country in Africa to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for halving poverty and hunger by 2015.
Between...
US Aid Worker Released After 105 Days in Darfur
A Christian relief organization says its aid worker kidnapped in May in Sudan's Darfur region was freed Monday. Samaritan’s Purse relief worker Flavia Wagner...
Supreme Court Favors Consumers in First-Ever Case on Genetically-Engineered Crops
The United States Supreme Court announced its decision Monday in Monsanto v. Geerston Farms, the first genetically modified crop case ever brought before the...
Jack Johnson Launches Concert Tour Powered by Biodiesel
Performing artist Jack Johnson began a 35-city tour in Connecticut, during which biodiesel will be used to power all tour buses and generators...
Wal-mart Commits $2 Billion to Combat Hunger in US
To help ease a growing hunger problem in the U.S., Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will donate $2 billion in food and grants to...
Good News for World Forests: Deforestation Slows in Last Decade
The Earth lost fewer trees in the last decade as global deforestation over the past ten years fell by more than 18 percent,...
Ben & Jerry’s Converts to Fair Trade
Joining Cadbury in the pantheon of sweet-makers to announce commitments to fully embrace the Fair Trade movement, Ben & Jerry’s vowed that all its...
Obama Names Charities to Share His $1.4 Million Nobel Award
President Obama named ten charities this week that will share the $1.4 million award that comes with his 2009 Nobel peace prize.
“These organizations do...
U.S. Unveils Plan to Help Afghan Women Build Better Lives
Empowering women is critical to improving life in Afghanistan and key to a brighter future there. Last week the Obama administration unveiled a plan...
US Dairy Producers Sign Agreement to Cut Greenhouse Gases From Cows
At the U.N. climate talks yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate adoption of innovative manure-to-energy projects...
Civilian Experts on Farming and Governance Will Expand U.S. Commitments to Afghanistan, Pakistan
Even after U.S. forces have left Afghanistan, an army of U.S. civilians will remain to help the country build its democratic institutions and restore...
Climate Change Policies Will Improve Health, Say Doctors
Senior doctors and health professionals from around the world say major health improvements would result if world leaders tackle climate change. They’ve formed the...
Scientists Develop Super-Bee to Fight the Mite
In an effort to stem a massive bee die-off, government scientists have developed honey bees with a genetic ability to fight back aggressively against...
Japan Pledges $5 Billion to Rebuild Afghanistan
Japan pledged this week to provide $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years to and to speed the delivery of...
Government Leads By Example Greening its Business
With little fanfare, President Obama signed in early October an executive order that will reduce the carbon footprint of the federal government. Federal agencies...
Baltimore Schools First in U.S. to Adopt Meatless Monday Menu
Meatless Monday is a campaign that aims to get Americans to cut out burgers and dogs one day each week as a way...
Mine-free Farms for First Time Since 1974 in Guinea-Bissau
For 35 years, hundreds of villagers living in northern Guinea-Bissau have been too scared to cultivate the land around their villages for fear of...
Bill Clinton Helps Haiti Get Down To Business
More than 200 business executives from around the world converged on an investor conference in Haiti to help Bill Clinton expand the country's...