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Inmates Grow Along With the Gardens They Tend Behind Bars
When a correction officer set out a small garden at the prison where he worked, he may have planted the seeds of a brighter...
Trader Joe’s Exec Opens Nonprofit Grocery Store As a Low-Budget, Healthy Option
The former president of Trader Joe’s has opened the nation’s first not-for-profit grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts to give people a low-cost option for...
Food Stamps Double Their Value at Michigan Farmers Markets
Needy families are taking home more nutritious food while farmers are taking home more money thanks to a program that doubles the buying power...
POWWOW Diverts 30 Million Pounds of Produce Annually From Landfill to Food Banks
About four billion dollars worth of produce is imported from Mexico every year at the border of Nogales, Arizona, for distribution around the U.S....
7 Positive and Proactive Ways to Stop a Panic Attack
Your heart pounds in your chest. You can't catch your breath. Your legs are shaking. Although it may feel as if you’re having a...
Diet May Cut Risk of Alzheimer’s by 50% (Long-term Study of 900 Seniors)
A hybrid version of the Mediterranean diet, nicknamed appropriately with the acronym MIND, could significantly lower a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according...
Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time
Since it was first described over 100 years ago, Alzheimer’s disease has been without an effective treatment. That may finally be about to change.
In...
Alaska Farmer Turns Icy Patch Of Tundra Into A Breadbasket
An Alaskan farmer believes he's expanded America's breadbasket to the frigid North.
"For the last 10 years, Tim Meyers has been coaxing an enviable quantity...
Out of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, New Indoor Farms Grow 100x More Food
Although his vision for indoor food cultivation dates back many decades, a Japanese botanist, Shigeharu Shimamura, used the earthquake and tsunami disaster of 2011...
Take a Bite Out of Bad Cholesterol: Eat An Avocado Every Day
Avocados are known to be a nutrient-dense food, high in beneficial monounsaturated fatty acids, but new research from Penn State indicates that eating one...
Norway Donates $10 million to Farmers in South Sudan
Norway has donated approximately $10 million to help the UN Food and Agriculture Organization provide conflict-affected farmers, fishers and herders in South Sudan with...
Humorous Ugly Fruit Campaign Reduces Food Waste in France
A French grocer has increased its customer base by 24 percent since launching its Inglorious Fruits & Vegetables campaign this summer.
Railing against the food...
Veterans Find Fresh Life in Farming
When Iraq war veteran Mike Simester returned to Iowa, his time in the Army had expired -- and so did his identity and sense of purpose.
The...
There’s a Secret to Japanese Youthful Skin and Longevity
The people of Japan have one of the longest life expectancies in the world and the women keep their smooth, firm skin well past...
A Farm Grows in Brooklyn—on the Roof
You've heard of rooftop gardens? Now there are rooftop farms, complete with chickens, starting to appear across the globe on sunny expanses of warehouse...
Top 6 Books for Growing Your Own Produce
Nothing can compare with the freshness and incredible flavor of home grown fruits, herbs and vegetables. My family can hardly wait to harvest the...
Town Rallies to Keep Animals From Starving at Ukrainian Zoo
Thousands of people in Ukraine lined up to bring fresh food for the animals and money for the operation of the Kharkiv Zoo when...
Join Me for a Spring Cleansing Body Detox
I enjoy my espresso in the morning. I love my wine in the evening. And, I adore all manner of cheese at any time,...
Obama Administration Targets $3 Million for Bee Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide nearly $3 million in technical and financial assistance for farmers and ranchers to help improve the health...
US Gives More Healthy Food Choices to Women, Infants and Children on WIC
Some 9 million poor women and young children who receive federal food assistance under the U.S. government's so-called WIC program will have greater access...