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Free Range Only: Putting Our Eggs in One Basket
At last, an endangered species that deserves to be – the battery hen. Free range eggs may be significantly more ex…
GMO Soy Doesn't Pay Off for Brazil
When farmers in Mato Grosso, the top soy-producing state in Brazil, were introduced to GMO soy varieties, they jumped at…
Thriving LA Community Garden Bulldozed, Forever 21 to Move In
Destruction in the Amazon. Clear-cutting of virgin forests. These are sad, infuriating events, but they can also seem di…
Portion Control: the Insatiable Appeal of Allotments
If there’s one way to sum up the English, it’s in our approach to community gardening. Across the Atlantic, …
Of Soy, Slavery and Smoothies
Princess Isabella of Spain outlawed slavery in Brazil on May 13, 1888. And that would seem to be that. But it’s no…
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
In her classic book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, novelist Barbara Kingsolver leaves off novel writing to document a year …
How to Live on $6,500 a Year and Love It
Show of hands: how many of you dream about moving to the country, growing your own food and living off the grid? It may …