Conscious Consumption

Which came first? Who knows. A better question: Which comes cheapest?

Once troublesome for growers, these tasty brambles have been tamed as new, improved varieties hit the market.

More cucumbers, every time.

“We thought if we could make it farming here, we’d be living the dream.”

A milk processing plant that requires absolutely no outside water to operate. How?

Duck-related crime. It comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s the theft of a prized waterfowl. Other times it’s the nabbing of a giant-sized blowup duck or a boatload of decoys. And every once in awhile, it’s a crime in which the ducks are to blame.

Turns out, unless you cross one of these cranky creatures, ducks will be friends with just about anything. Check out the the ducks palling around below with their brothers from ano...

There aren’t many dishes that can claim a royal lineage going back more than 700 years. Peking duck can. According to the official website of Beijing, the dish, known variously as Peking duck, Beijing duck or simply Chinese roast duck, among other names, had its beginnings in the Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368), a time when the Mongol Emperors ruled China.

Male ducks are called drakes and female ducks are usually referred to as, well, ducks. A group of ducks may be called a brace, raft, skiff, team, paddling or sord, depending on where you’re from. Here are a few other duck facts we bet you didn’t know.