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Meet the Indigenous Engineer Upcycling Tequila Waste into Sustainable Housing
Martha Jimenez Cardoso is using byproducts from tequila distillation to put a sustainable twist on traditional adobe.
New Rankings Score Chocolate Companies on Environmental and Labor Issues
This year’s Chocolate Scorecard shows who is making progress in the chocolate industry and who is falling behind.
How Distilling Almost Killed—Then Revived—One Of America’s Heritage Crops
Bloody Butcher Corn, once grown widely for use in moonshine, was on the brink of extinction until modern distillers brought it back from the dead.
Despite what you may have heard online, farmed salmon fillets are red due to naturally occurring molecules called carotenoids, not red dye.
White House Proposes New Standards for ‘Product of USA’ Label
Meat, eggs and poultry would have to be raised and slaughtered within the US in order to earn the designation.
United States, Mexico at Odds Over Mexico’s Ban of Genetically Modified Corn
Mexico’s president wants to protect his country’s heritage by limiting imports of GMO corn. The U.S. isn’t backing down.
Meta Ad Ban Hurts Hemp Entrepreneurs
Hemp growers say the social media giant’s advertising ban on certain products is stymying the nascent industry, with “incalculable” potential losses.
The Buzzy Edible Insect Trend is Gaining Traction in the West
Entomophagy, or the consumption of insects, is gaining interest in North America and the European Union, where it’s seen as a replacement for animal protein and a weapon in the fight against climate change.
Agricultural Runoff Pollutes Well Water, a ‘Public Health Crisis In the Making’
More than 1 million Minnesotans drink from private wells, but few know if their water is safe, experts say.
