‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even Worse
Humid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the Midwest
What Was It Like To Live In 17th Century Britain? | Tales From The Green Valley | Retold
How do you gauge gas mark 7 when you’re using a 17th-century bread oven? Why did people 400 years ago save up their urine to help with the laundry? Why…
Look for ‘Slow Flower’ Bouquets, Plants Grown without Health-Harming Chemicals Used in Overseas Operations
Flowers are so present in our lives that we almost do not see them: sheathed in paper in every market, plunked in a vase on a table in any cafe.…
Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table
When Isabella Dalla Ragione assesses a Renaissance painting, she doesn’t immediately notice the brushstrokes or the magnificence of the imagery. The first thing she notices is the fruit. {read} On a spring…
Detroit People’s Food Co-op Opens May 1
Join the Celebration! “On opening day, I want everyone in Detroit to walk through our doors and feel like this is their store,” said Talley. The DPFC opens for business…
How Farmers Reshaped a Region and Solved Drought
Permaculture Instructor Andrew Millison travels to the village of Laporiyah in Rajasthan India to see the 45 year water harvesting and community development project spearheaded by waterman Laxman Singh. We…
The Scientists Creating the Foods of the Future
The fruits and vegetables in our supermarkets are not products of chance. Their journey took years of work by teams of scientists around the world, all attempting to figure out…
The Farm-to-Prison Pipeline
At the Mountain View Correctional Facility, in Charleston, Maine, incarcerated people don't just eat healthy -- they grow the food themselves. It's part of a philosophy that says that people…
Farmer, the World May Not Be Your Oyster | Hakai Magazine
Despite the desire for local and sustainable seafood, oyster farmers and communities from New York to Rhode Island are clashing over public access and ocean views. {listen}
Seven Sisters
As hard times and broken bots threaten a collective tea farm, the women keeping it going must decide whether to add another to their ranks.