Conscious Consumption

The shifts in our economy are changing the urban/rural divide from a tenuous line to what increasingly feels like an unbridgeable chasm.

TogetherFarm Blocks can be used to construct a 4×4 foot garden box in less than five minutes, the owners say, a welcome surprise to anyone who has spent hours building up their own raised beds from scratch.

The origins of the rubber chicken, it turns out, are mysterious. Getting to the bottom of why (or if) it is actually funny is another matter all together.

This wasn't a random flash of inspiration -- O'Sullivan had local produce on the mind. He was fresh from a teaching stint in Vancouver, where he'd worked on an urban agriculture pr...

How the discovery of a chest of ancient grains made its way to Sweden’s best bakers.

Love your yolks bright orange? Egg producers know that — and they make sure that egg yolks are colored just the way you like ’em.

In India (and beyond), farmers are committing suicide at a shocking rate. What is going on?

Chickens might seem to be a strange proxy for dogs, but the vast differences in the species' temperament and behavior is exactly what attracts attendants to Ryan's Chicken Training...

Just when you thought it was safe to buy a legal milk crate, companies selling ostensibly legal milk crates stand accused buying boosted containers from shady suppliers, and selling them to well-meaning citizens.