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Edible Gardening for Beginners: How To Get Started Growing Your Own Food
We continue to learn that food really is medicine. And that growing your own food may be one of the most powerful steps you can take for the health of yourself, your family, and your planet. Many Americans spend lots of time and money on lawn maintenance, but more and more people are choosing to…
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What If Every Lawn was Transformed into an Edible Garden?
In many countries today, well-maintained, closely cut, green lawns seem to be almost everywhere. In fact, lawns are the single largest crop in the U.S., covering 32 million acres. But what if we grew edible gardens, not lawns? We’ve got about 16 million acres in the United States now growing all of our fruits and…
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VIDEO: John Robbins Lays Out Why We Need A Food Revolution
John Robbins is a food legend. His father founded and owned the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. Though groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps, John walked away from Baskin Robbins and the money it represented, to follow his own “rocky road” and become a bestselling author on food and health. His books, including the wildly…
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Watch This Ron Finley TED Talk to Get Inspired to Make A Difference In Your Community
Watch this Ron Finley TED Talk to be filled with hope and inspiration to change the world for the better. South Central Los Angeles in California is notorious for its drive-by shootings, where shooters kill their victims without ever leaving their cars. It’s also the home of numerous drive-through restaurants where people eat fast food…
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What You Need To Know About Tap Water
The city of Flint, Michigan, has been in the news a lot recently. More than 100,000 people, including all 9,000 of the city’s children, have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead and other toxins through their drinking water. It turns out that in 2014, the city shifted its water source, fudged test results, and…
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What You Need to Know About Bottled Water
Americans buy nearly a billion bottles of water each week. In fact, bottled water consumption is expected to pass soda consumption in the U.S. this year. Plastic bottles can make drinking water on-the-go more convenient. And we all know that drinking more water is a good thing. But buyer beware: There’s a very dark side…
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Why India’s First 100% Organic State Matters for the Future of Organic Food
Though we might wish otherwise, progress often starts small and takes time. An organic country and an organic world are inspiring visions for our health, our environment, our climate, and our animals. But to get there, we have to keep taking steps, learning lessons, and celebrating good news and developments as they come. In a…
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The future of genetically engineered crops in the European Union and beyond
On March 11, the European Union, currently made up of 28 countries, signed a new law allowing individual countries to restrict or ban the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops within their borders, even if the EU as a whole has approved the crops as safe. Since that time, Greece and Latvia have opted out…
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Video: Shocking Truths You Need to Know About Costco Eggs
In 2007, Costco — the second-largest grocery retailer in the USA — made a public commitment to eliminate cage confinement of chickens from its supply chain. Eight years later, you would think things would have changed for the better. But they haven’t. The egg cartons sold at Costco portray happy hens in green fields. But…
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Help Expose the Heartbreaking Abuse of Temple Elephants & Watch Gods in Shackles Documentary for Free
Guest post from Sangita Iyer, Director/ Producer of Gods in Shackles. Editor’s note: If we want to live in a world where humane food is a reality, we need to strive to achieve a society where humans coexist with all sentient beings. We hope you’ll join us in learning about this important issue and spreading the…
