Frankincense is endangered
There are fewer and fewer trees that can produce this beloved aromatic resin.
How to make money by saving monarch butterflies
The EDF’s habitat exchange program will match those with room to grow milkweed with those who need to make habitat amends.
The monarch butterflies have...
Former mailman builds geothermal greenhouse in the midwest; gets local citrus all year for...
Greenhouse in the Snow, built by a former mailman, grows an abundance of local produce high on the Nebraska plains.
"We can grow the best...
Kids’ pesticide exposure as bad for lungs as secondhand smoke
Study finds California kids living in agricultural areas have a hard time breathing.
Back in 2001, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley began looking...
Easy weeding: How to make a DIY strap hoe from salvaged materials
I recently rediscovered my oscillating or scuffle hoe, which had been tucked away in our basement for way too long. And now I am...
British shoppers told to buy white eggs, not brown
The idea is that it will reduce animal suffering, but it's more complicated than that.
Carbon farming: another low-tech climate solution
Protecting forests is a low-tech way to store carbon that has earned a lot of attention in the efforts to fight global warming. Now,...
EPA surprise: Agency seeks to cancel approval of toxic pesticide
And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.
Of all the hot-button agricultural chemicals we hear about, flubendiamide is not on...
Dairy raises more ethical red flags than meat
So why do we persist in cutting meat out of diets first, rather than dairy, when faced with environmental and ethical questions?
It is interesting...
Banana-destroying fungus has arrived in South America
Colombia has declared a state of emergency following discovery of Panama disease Tropical Race 4.