Photo via: WikiVisual . Guest blogger Sara Snow is a green lifestyle expert and board member for Discovery’s 24/7 future-forward network Planet Green. About a year ago the Chief Scientist at The Organic Center (a national organization for which... 

Image credit: Wasted Food On some basic moral level, there is very little more repugnant than wasting good food. Having written about massive on-site composting , freeganism and even jet fuel made from food waste , it would be fair to say that I am somewhat... 

Image credit: arvindgrover /Flickr Sitting outside with a cold beer is an iconic moment of the spring and summer. Drinking beer is also, of course, an essential part of many St. Patrick’s Day celebrations . For these reasons we present a small... 

Image credit: Good Food stamps have left the world of paper and entered the digital age: Recipients can now claim their benefits with the swipe of a card. This system removes stigma and makes management easy, but without ubiquitous portable card readers... 

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Photo: Georgia Aquarium A new book, Fish Feel Pain? , is hoping to dispel the notion that fish are somehow incapable of experiencing pain or unable to learn. The book, which is being met with some controversy, says that fish have gotten a bad rap as... 

Photo via Michael R Perry Sea lions are having a hard time finding food this spring, and pups are feeling the squeeze. Marine mammal experts report that dozens of sick and hungry sea lion pups have washed up on California shores this winter, many not... 

Food pantry. Image credit: St. Louis Post Dispatch, (Laurie Skrivan/P-D) The era in which increasing numbers of people were willing to pay a premium for locally grown food or for ‘organic’ clothing appears to be ending. Poverty has become... 

Food pantry. Image credit: St. Louis Post Dispatch, (Laurie Skrivan/P-D) The era in which increasing numbers of people were willing to pay a premium for locally grown food or for ‘organic’ clothing appears to be ending. Poverty has become... 

Michael Pollan’s first food rule is simple: Eat Food , which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or “highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients...