Crunched parking lots, stuffed home garages, and drained American wallets are letting out a collective sigh of relief, as people nationwide turn in their rough-and-tumble gas guzzlers for sleek, efficient, budget-friendly cars.

In April, nearly one in four vehicles sold in the U.S. was a compact or subcompact car....

By 2050, one in four Americans will be Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the last decade, the total Latino population in the U.S. grew at a rate of 43%, more than four times the rate of population growth for the nation overall. The demographics of...

Here's a shocker: taking fashion lessons from Lady Gaga might be good for your health. A new Gaga-esque dress, equipped with a built-in air purification system, might be the perfect solution to car exhaust, ozone, toxic chemicals and other pollution dirtying our air.

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253 pounds. Let’s face it, the number is daunting whether it’s staring up at you from the scale or from under the lid of the garbage can. And disturbingly enough, 253 pounds is the amount of food that each of us helps to go to waste every single year.

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While your backyard probably isn’t covered in sand or cacti, you might be living in a desert: a food desert. Forget the mirages and rattlesnakes. This type of desert is about healthy, fresh food – or more accurately, a lack thereof.

The Department of Agriculture just released a fantastic new...

As 78 million baby boomers draw closer to their 60s and 70s around the country, it won’t be only Social Security or the U.S. health system feeling the strain. This increasingly mature generation will also put at risk another fundamental of American life -- the very food on our...

It sounds like something out of a Looney Tunes episode. An exasperated farmer (we'll call him Bob), slings his heavy shovel over one shoulder and tiptoes carefully into his blueberry patch. He kneels on the damp soil, squinting to peer between the thick rows of flowering bushes. As he holds...

The holidays are a festival of food, so what better time of year to celebrate the heroes that are filling our plates with fresh, healthy, sustainable food every day?

Across the country, farmers, producers and food pioneers are transforming the way we think about what we eat and its impacts...