At People's Climate Summit: Just transitions and environment
The community development organization members believe that an alternative, clean energy economy can be achieved by empowering the underprivileged and unemployed.
Today in history: National Food Bank Week and World Food Day
This week is a great time to start thinking about helping others as the holiday season approaches.
They put what in my food? TPP and food safety threats
The TPP would cost jobs, raise the cost of medical care, and degrade labor conditions and the environment.
Scientists alarmed by 30 whale deaths
"We always see a handful of carcasses every summer, but when you see so many in such a short period of time, it's quite shocking."
Poverty and child brain damage
When it comes to how we treat children, UNICEF ranks the U.S. at 34 out of 35 industrialized countries; 22 percent of children in the U.S. live in poverty
Today: World Day to Combat Desertification
The day addresses drought and desertification, and is meant to help implement the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Cuba’s cooperative farms break new ground in production
Cuba is breaking new ground in production yields, organic farming techniques, sustainability, and food security.
GMO labels on food: Chicagoans dish out activism
"At the heart of this campaign is consumer rights. People deserve to know what they are eating and feeding their children."
World's largest indoor farm putting down roots in New Jersey
The Newark-based farm will take the space currently being occupied by an abandoned steel factory, with the first phase of operations there to begin later this year.
Global agricultural model in bitter balance
"It may cost Governments slightly more to source from a range of smaller-scale, sustainable operators than from major suppliers, but the investment is worth it."
