We've long been fans of greenery-based diets for cows, because eating alfalfa and grass mitigates the concentration of methane in the animals' flatulence, which is a significant contributor to climate change. Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture ruled that for a cattle farm to be considered organic, its cows must be granted... 
According to a new study by scientists at Columbia, Rutgers, and South Dakota, one of the culprits of deforestation is one that you might not have guessed: urbanization. Columbia University Earth Institute's Ruth Defries was quoted in a new post on Treehugger, explaining:
One line of thinking was that concentrating people in cities would leave... 
Support your regional seed saver.
When Tom Stearns was 19, he started saving seeds from his garden and sharing them with friends. He learned how to conduct germination tests and eventually, in 1996, he turned his hobby into a company, High Mowing Organic Seeds in Hardwick, Vermont. The company, which ships seeds all over the... 
The complete antithesis of the rural idyll that many might associate with farming, the 4-1/2 acre Alemany Farm is located just off the decidedly non-bucolic Highway 280 in San Francisco, adjacent to a public housing project. But its tough exterior contrasts sharply with its benevolent mission of educating, engaging, and feeding its urban... 
Share Your Meat with All Your Friends
Because buying in bulk is always better
by Tamar Adler
Adler is the director of the Bay Area Meat CSA and Meatshare.org, which help hungry people buy wholesale meat directly from local farmers.
Optimizing a whole animal’s value by buying all of its cuts isn’t... 
The United States is the number one per capita consumer of corn in the world. Don't recall stuffing your face with thousands of ears of corn last year? As expounded in The Omnivore's Dilemma, King Corn, and Super Size Me, high fructose corn syrup and other derivatives work their way into everything from Wonder Bread to Big Macs. Add to that... 
