Conscious Consumption

Thanks to the Library of Congress and their voluminous photo archives (which we have dipped into many times before) let's take look at swine from a different time. Here are 16 of o...

This hydroponic farm represents both a modern way to bring farming into urban areas and the first realization of a rooftop farm company’s grand intentions.

Many urban farmers are increasingly turning to “value-added” crops, refining their raw harvest – by, for instance, shelling the peas, canning the tomatoes, smoking the cheese or combining several crops into a granola.

Susan Werner's new album goes back to her roots, specifically her family farm in Iowa. But this singer, songwriter isn't looking back with rose-colored glasses, or at least she rem...

A Michigan workgroup report with an unsexy title may hold the answer to resolving the thorny question of how consumers can legally obtain raw milk.

Zombies may be hungry for brains, but when the zombie apocalypse hits, you’re gonna be starving for fresh veggies. So time to start planting.

We tracked down Badamsuren, a Mongolian camel herder in his mid-50s, to learn a bit more about his day-to-day life.

Hello! My name's Eugénie. I'm a photographer from Portland, Ore., currently on the road in the great Northwest. I've just wrapped an artist's residency at the Tofino Botanical Gar...

Hal Hamilton started the Sustainable Food Lab in 2004 as a way for food companies, non-profits and government agencies to work together with the purpose of mainstreaming sustainability in food and beverage.