Wind Farms Stir Up a Cyclone of Controversy
Way down under in Tasmania, a bitter wind is blowing around a proposal to build the southern hemisphere's biggest wind farm on King Island, a small island located in the Bass Strai...
New York’s Only Organic Mill Could Go Up in Smoke
The only 100-percent local and organic mill in upstate New York suffers a devastating fire — and turns online to try to rebuild.
Food Safety: A Global Preoccupation
From China to the UK, why food safety is now a global obsession.
The Farmers’ Almanac: 196 Years Old and Undaunted by Climate Change
Although summer officially begins tomorrow, its start date means less and less every year: thanks to climate change, some parts of the country have felt like mid-July since May, wh...
Luxury Farming Equipment: If You Sell It, They Will Come
A roundup of upscale items for the fancy farmer.
In Seattle’s Beacon Hill Neighborhood, a Garden of Eden Is Growing
Seattle will soon be home to the Beacon Food Forest, a seven-acre woodland comprised of edible trees, perennials, annuals and shrubs.
Badger Wargames: UK Police and Animal Rights Activists Gear Up for Cull
Badgers: so cute, so furry, and, thanks to The Wind in the Willows, so nobly anthropomorphic. But they also carry bovine TB — and the British government plans to kill up to 100,000 of them.
Mobile Poultry Slaughter: As Easy as One, Two, Three
Love eating chicken? Hate the idea of factory farming? Want to do something about it? Ali Berlow is here to help.
Behold: The Lean, Green Food-Eating Machine
Meet the Eco-Safe Food Digester, a stainless-steel machine that uses microorganisms to break down large volumes of food by aerobic digestion — just like your stomach.
