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• chewing the scenery

  Colbert grows a ‘crisis herb garden’ 1

  Posted 11 Mar 2010 7:48 AM By Tom Laskawy

  Terrified by an ad for "Survival Seeds," Colbert gets sowing. Read More

• Jonathan Safran Foer talks with Ellen about the success of ‘Eating Animals’ 1

  Posted 10 Mar 2010 3:36 PM

  Watch Jonathan Safran Foer discuss the success of his book and the ongoing debate about meat. Read More

• The apple-pie-calypse is near

  A recipe for delish disaster: global warming hot apple pie

  Posted 10 Mar 2010 12:02 PM By Ashley Braun

  Just because the planet is turning up the heat, doesn't mean we should get out of the kitchen. The end of the world never looked so tasty. Read More

• hoop dreams

  Garden Girl TV: Raised beds in the city

  Posted 10 Mar 2010 10:27 AM By Garden Girl

  Using raised beds ensures soil quality AND makes gardening easier. In this episode, Patti Moreno shows you how to make hoop houses for raised beds. Read More

• Blanching Out

  Farm lobby’s lawyer appointed as Ag Committee’s counsel 1

  Posted 10 Mar 2010 9:13 AM By Tom Laskawy

  Ag Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln keeps the revolving door spinning between lobbying groups and government. Read More

• We just wanna French in the morning

  Tasting five organic French roasts leads to buzzkill 4

  Posted 10 Mar 2010 12:01 AM By Lou Bendrick

  Lou Bendrick mainlines some organic, fair trade, and shade-grown java. Alas, just because a coffee is principled doesn't mean it tastes heavenly. Read More

• meet me at the food court

  A Cleveland mall turns lost retail space into farm stand 1

  Posted 9 Mar 2010 4:22 PM By Fast Company

  Shopping malls, those bastions of American consumerism, have not been immune to the recent economic downturn. Cleveland's Galleria mall offers a sustainable solution to economic woes. Read More

• N'Everglades

  Florida Everglades restoration now a bailout for U.S. Sugar 3

  Posted 9 Mar 2010 9:39 AM By Tom Laskawy

  The disaster that is the Everglades Restoration Project distills much of what's wrong with both corporate and government culture in this country. Read More

• Bye-Bye American Pie

  What’s driving our favorite fruit into decline? 5

  Posted 9 Mar 2010 12:07 AM By Gary Nabhan

  America is not taking care of the apples that have nourished us for centuries. In 1900, 20 million apple trees were growing in the U.S.; now, not even a fourth remain. Read More

• Getting aggro

  Blowin’ in the wind: The true meaning of ‘ag unity’ 4

  Posted 8 Mar 2010 1:30 PM By Debra Eschmeyer

  Officials at the Drake Forum for America's New Farmers talked a lot about the importance of a "big tent," in which production farmers and organic ones harmoniously hoe the same rural-regeneration row. But we need to recognize that some types of agriculture are harming our rural communities. Read More

• Can Farming Save the Motor City?

  Demolishing density in Detroit 1

  Posted 5 Mar 2010 12:49 PM By Fast Company

  So it's come to this: Unable to provide basic services for all of his constituents, Detroit mayor Dave Bing is drafting plans starve his city down to a manageable size. And what will Bing do with all of that empty space? Read More

• Good, butter, best

  Meryl Streep more of a food activist than Julia Child ever was 4

  Posted 5 Mar 2010 11:45 AM By Bonnie Azab Powell

  Meryl Streep has garnered her 16th Oscar nomination, for portraying Julia Child in "Julie & Julia." As charming as Streep is as the towering, funny-voiced woman who revolutionized American cooking, she deserves more accolades for another role she has played in the history of food in America: that of longtime activist. Read More

• Are GMOs the ‘financial innovations’ of agriculture? 4

  Posted 5 Mar 2010 10:00 AM By Tom Laskawy

• Putting Wal-Mart’s green moves in context 13

  Posted 4 Mar 2010 10:39 AM By Stacy Mitchell

• Green Oscar nominees to watch

  Posted 4 Mar 2010 3:44 PM By Tyler Falk

• Supermarket medleys are a fruit-smashing success

  Posted 4 Mar 2010 1:46 PM By Ashley Braun

• Getting back to our green roots with potlikker soup 8

  Posted 4 Mar 2010 12:42 PM By April McGreger

• The N of an era: America’s nitrogen dilemma—and what we can do about it 38

  Posted 4 Mar 2010 3:59 AM By Tom Philpott

• The bluefin tuna gets a bigtime backer: the U.S. government 4

  Posted 3 Mar 2010 9:20 AM By Tom Laskawy

• USDA research chief concerned about ‘safety of organic food’ 10

  Posted 2 Mar 2010 8:46 PM By Tom Philpott

• Garden Girl TV: indoor gardening, part three 2

  Posted 2 Mar 2010 4:16 PM By Garden Girl

• Water and the War on Terror 8

  Posted 2 Mar 2010 2:56 PM By Steven Solomon

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