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How To Green Your Holiday Meal

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Organic Farming, Hanukkah, Soil, Turkey, Agriculture, Thanksgiving, Flowers, Green, Toxins, Soup Kitchen, Decor, Vegetables, Christmas, Dishwasher, Leftovers, Holidays, Holiday Season, Food Banks, Crops, Ecuador, Green Living, Reusable, Family Meals, Decorating, Imports, Menu, Organic Food, Fruit, Cornucopia, Colombia, Water, Environment, Tips, Homeless Shelters, Food, Decorating Tips, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Working up a menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or another upcoming holiday? Here are three tips to help you be more environmentally responsible while planning that feast.

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Farmer Kills 83,000 Rats And Wins Color TV

Telegraph | Ben Leach | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Poverty, South East Asia, Crops, Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Pests, Rats, Ministry of Agriculture, Green News

Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a colour television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South ...

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First Day Of Fall 2009: See Harvest Photos!

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Fall Equinox, India, Lake Constance, France, Bulgaria, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Agriculture, Autumn, First Day of Fall, Grapes, Wheat, Fall Starts, Germany, Middle America, September 22 2009, Pumpkins, Sugar-Beets, Tobacco, Fall September 22 2009, September 22 First Day of Fall, Radishes, What's the First Day of Fall, Farming, Afghanistan, Crops, Corn, Apples, Fall 2009, Harvesting, Maine, Rice, Local Food, Green News, Autumn Equinox, Food, Vietnam, Belarus, Slideshow, Green News

With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

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Agricultural Biotechnology: Scourge or Savior?

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Pesticides, Biotechnology, Genetically Engineered, Corn, Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Michael Jacobson, Biotech, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Congress should require the Food and Drug Administration to formally approve new GE foods to ensure that they are safe for humans.

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Obama's Farm Team

William S. Becker | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Farm Bill, Climate, Crops, Water, Soils, Food, Sustainability, Obama, Agriculture Policy, Green News
William S. Becker

Obama is sowing the seeds for that new era of rural prosperity, but it will be up to rural America to bring in the harvest.

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Nestle Gets It Right

Dan Silverstein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Give Something Back, Sharon Stone, Peter Brabeck, Crops, Office for Partnerships, Creating Shared Value, Profitability, Harvard, Davos, Capitalist, Water, Farmers, Sustainability, Un, Nestle, UN Global Compact Principals, World Economic Forum, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Nestle has taken specific and measurable steps to achieve sustainable, shared value.

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Crops Could Get Toxic If Climate Continues To Warm

Reuters | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Levels, Crops, Global Warming Pollution, Grains, Whole Grains, Toxic Chemicals, Global Warming Effects, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Food, Global Warming, Green News

Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide lev...

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