Conscious Consumption

The oldest form of food preparation makes a return.

Every nine years, bark is stripped by hand from the trunks of cork oaks and used for everything from wine corks to shoes.

Climate-smart agriculture could be the only way to feed our planet as climate change makes it impossible for us to farm the way we do now. But what is it?

One city’s answer to less water: water less.

As climate change increasingly wipes out the fruits and nuts we eat today, we’ll be turning to places like this for help.

Step aside, junior — ant farms aren’t just for kids.

Meet this week’s guest Instagrammers, Rachel Kornstein and Evan Gregoire, who raise poultry, fruit and Great Pyrenees dogs on Boondockers Farm in Beavercreek Oregon.

The McClungs doesn’t need food shopping, they have their swimming pool.

Think seasons only matter for fruits and vegetables? Think again. They don’t call them ’spring chickens’ for nothing.