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Chickens For The White House Garden?

The Atlantic Food Channel | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, White House Kitchen Garden, Eating Matters, Poll, Urban Farming, Food, Locavore, White House Chickens, White House Garden, Green News

After the warm reception to the new White House kitchen garden, you'd think that the Obamas would be left alone on the locavore front, wouldn't you? ...

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White House Veggie Garden On The Way

blogs.abcnews.com | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, White House Veggie Garden, Eating Matters, Obama Garden, Food, Green Living, White House Victory Garden, Victory Garden, Green News

ABC News' Brian Hartman Reports: President Obama's latest shovel-ready project is close to home -- in fact, right in his own yard. In an effort to pro...

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Eartha Kitt and the Meaning of Life

Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Diamonds, Farming, Hamptons, Farm, Donald Trump, Eartha Kitt, Gold, Schoharie County, Dirt, Dr. Brent, Beekman 1802, Living News

After a while, you learn that many of the diamonds are zirconium and a lot of the gold is just left over brass from one of Donald Trump's construction projects.

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Cheap Bacon And Health Risks: What An Outbreak Can Teach Us

New York Times | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Mrsa, Farming, Food, Eating Matters, Hog Farming, Green News

Dr. Anderson at first couldn't figure out why he was seeing patient after patient with MRSA in a small Indiana town. And then he began to wonder about...

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Plantr To Use Unwanted Phones To Arm Urban Farmers

treehugger.com, Plantr | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Reusing Cell Phones, Farming, Plantr, Urban Farming, Recycling Cell Phones, Reuse, Green Technology, Green News

What a cool idea -- stopping cell phones from being recycled by reusing them. But the coolest part is what Plantr wants to use them for: What if the...

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How To Grow Strawberries At Home To Start Your Victory Garden

Chelsea Green | R.J. Ruppenthal | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Food, Green Living, How to Grow Strawberries, Giy, Urban Farming, Green News

Strawberries are one of the most rewarding food crops to grow in a small home garden. Homegrown berries taste far better than the store-bought ones an...

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Kathleen Merrigan, Vilsack's Number Two, Is A Sustainable Food Pro

gourmet.com | Photograph by | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Usda, Farming, Kathleen Merrigan, Eating Matters, Tom Vilsack, Sustainable Food, Food, Green News

What a difference a few months make. Advocates of sustainable agriculture are now ecstatic about President Obama's decision to appoint Kathleen Merrig...

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Giving, Generosity and Thanks

Craig McCord | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Farming, The People Who Feed Us, Food Poor, Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch, Humane Treatment of Animals, Zak Palaccio, Cabrito, Turkeys, Heritage Turkey, Local Vegetables, Needy, Sustainable Farming, Fatty Crab, Robert Kennedy Jr., Food Bank of Nyc, Living News

On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, over eight hundred clients of the Food Bank were fed a hot, delicious Thanksgiving banquet.

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7 Ways to Grow Your Own Food and Save Money

Sarah Newman | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Tear up your front lawn and plant a garden. In the long-term, it will be a lot cheaper than shopping at the supermarket. And you can share your harvest with your community.

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Start Spring Seedlings With Help From LED Christmas Lights

Planet Green | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Green Living, Giy, Urban Farming, Green News

Spring is near and you might be itching to get your garden started. But there is still danger of frosts and it's better to start seedlings indoors. Li...

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Conservationists, Farmers At Odds Over Collateral Damage In Coyote Trapping

AP | SCOTT SONNER | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Farming, Coyotes, Coyote Trapping, Usda, Oregon, Green News

RENO, Nev. — Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 mi...

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China Faces Worst Drought In 50 Years

GlobalPost | David Green | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Henan Province Drought, Yellow River China, Globalpost, Henan Province, Farming, Drought, Yellow River, Drought in China, Drought Henan Province, China Drought, Asia, China Farming, China, China Drought in 50 Years, World News

GONGYI, China -- The flowers that welcome visitors to the town of Gongyi in China's Henan province have seen better days. The stems that spell out t...

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Chicken Housing Crisis Hits US Farms

Wall Street Journal | LAUREN ETTER | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Chicken Housing Crisis, Farming, Chickens, Animals, Farmers, Business News

A chicken housing crisis has cropped up in the U.S., and it's producing some of the same bleak results as the human one -- foreclosures, lawsuits and ...

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CHU: Climate Change Imperils California Farms

Los Angeles Times | Jim Tankersley | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Farming, Climate Change, Environment, Green Politics, California, Green News

Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Am...

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The Tequila Industry: A Model for Conservation?

Susan Cosier | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Tequila, Farming, Geographical Indication, Agave, Chile, South America, Central America, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Mexico, Liquor, Colombia, Farmers, Alcohol, Sustainability, North America, World News

For centuries farmers have been roasting, fermenting and distilling the agave plant's roasted heart to brew what many consider to be the national drink of Mexico: tequila.

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Locust Swarms Caused By Common Brain Chemical

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Locust Swarm Cause, Farming, Locust Swarms, Locusts, Green News

WASHINGTON — A chemical that affects people's moods also can transform easygoing desert locusts into terrifying swarms that ravage the countrysi...

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Organic Fabric By The Yard: Why And Where To Get It

Grist.org | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Pesticides, Cotton Farming, Crafts, Cotton, Organic Fabric, Organic, Green News

Organic cotton is expensive but clearly a good fabric to buy, especially in comparison with conventional cotton. The statistics on pesticides in conve...

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Even My Goose Supports Green Energy

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

What the... something white, curly, and shiny was underneath my goose, Saro. It was a spiral of glass? Then I saw it. She was laying on a compact fluorescent light bulb.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Living News

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Pork Strikes Back: Farms Sue EPA Over New Regulations

AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Farming, Epa, Farm Emissions, Pigs, Pork, Green News

DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Pork Producers Council said Monday it is suing to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's requirement th...

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Six Groups Sue EPA Over Toxic Farm Emissions Loophole

AP | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Farming, Earthjustice, Farm Emissions, Pollution, Toxic Emissions, Green News

FRESNO, Calif. — Six environmental groups have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over a new rule exempting dairies and othe...

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Community Supported Agriculture: Green Food At Your Doorstep

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Vegetarian, Food Matters, Local Food, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Csa, Vegan, Sustainability, Community Supported Agriculture, Green Living, Locavore, Green News

Short of tilling your own backyard, joining a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme is perhaps the most effective way you can green your eating...

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This Year Make The Resolution To Start Your Urban Homestead

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Food, Farming, Green Living, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Urban Homesteading, Growing Plants in the City, City Living, Sustainability, Green News

It feels good to get your fingernails dirty, even on the 34th floor, and you can finally start walking the walk so many of us have been talking.

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EU Bans Certain Pesticides

Reuters | Jeremy Smith | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: EU Parliment, Energy, Farming, Pesticides, Environmental Policy, Green News, Environment, European Union, Green Policy, Green News

European Parliament negotiators have struck a political deal with EU countries about revising pesticide authorization rules that would reduce the numb...

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How Do You Compost? (QUIZ)

Center for American Progress | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Organic Farming, Farming, Compost, Climate Change, Environment, Gardening, Global Warming, Green News

Keeping food and yard waste out of the trash through composting at home is easier than you might think. Take our quiz to help you sort through your tr...

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