Sustainable Food
Food is a great way to make green a part of your daily routine. Starting to buy sustainably produced, local, and organic food is a way to support green businesses, and truly good food puts your values on your table every day.
Even if you’re not a farmer or a corporate CEO, you can take part in the effort to regenerate our soil and reverse climate change. All you have to do is garden.
Americans planted Victory Gardens during WWI and WWII to feed their communities and families at home, as part of supporting the war…
As media attention causes more and more consumers to become aware of the troublesome levels of toxins in certain kinds of fish, the seafood industry is starting to feel the effects.When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an advisory in March 2004…
By Green America
By Green America
Before you opt for fruits and vegetables from the grocery store, consider a day out at your local farm.
By Aanila Kishwar Tarannum
By Aanila Kishwar Tarannum
This mother-daughter duo wants to see the local economy and future generations thrive—which is why they focus on soil health.
By Eleanor Greene
By Eleanor Greene
Chickpeas can bolster soil health. For one family, the tiny legumes have become a medium to grow community and conversation.
By Mary Meade
By Mary Meade
Healthy food starts with healthy soils and healthy soils have the potential to cool the climate.
By Eleanor Greene
By Eleanor Greene
Farmers markets aren't the only way to support local farms—you can make the most of your grocery store, too.
By Anya Crittenton
By Anya Crittenton
Community Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, is a setup where consumers connect directly with a farm and buy shares of the season's harvest. Typically, you buy into a CSA in the spring, purchasing crops upfront for weekly or bi-weekly pickups during the entire season.
Some CSAs have various sizes to…
Hoping to save money while reducing packaging waste? Buy in bulk!
By Kendall Lowery
By Kendall Lowery
Going vegan is about much more than food. Intersectional veganism is about ending oppression for people, the planet, and animals...one bite at a time.
By Mary Meade
By Mary Meade
Victory
We have some good news on the animal welfare front. In response to consumer and investor pressure, Darden companies, which owns Olive Garden and many other restaurant chains, agreed to take several important steps forward to ensure better treatment of animals in its supply chain.
Darden has agreed to take the following…
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U.S. agriculture is becoming increasingly toxic to pollinators – the very creatures so much of our food system relies on. Toxic pesticides are a big reason for this unfolding tragedy. Yet millions of crops every year are still treated…
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U.S. agriculture is becoming increasingly toxic to pollinators – the very creatures so much of our food system relies on. Toxic pesticides are a big reason for this unfolding tragedy. Yet millions of crops every year are still treated with toxic pesticides.
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