New Bedford, Massachusetts, does not seem a likely home for a new wave of environmental art. In the nineteenth century, this harbor town served as the home port for much of the nation’s whaling fleet. Those bloody hulls, combined with the brownfields and empty quays that litter New Bedford today, have left the place a […]
An app for would-be vegetable growers that helps you choose which veggies you can plant today in your region, how to go about it and how to cook them up once they’re ready to pick. Fresh vegetables never go out of season and growing your own ensures ultimate freshness and nutritional benefits, not to mention […]
Dolphins and whales have been washing up dead along the northern Gulf of Mexico in alarmingly high numbers.
Rising population numbers throw a harsh light on the global need for health care and the growing problem of resource depletion.
October is proving a busy month for the country’s old guard food industries. After a decade of books and documentaries exposing the more unsavory aspects of how our food is produced, Big Ag and consumer brand companies are striking back with campaigns aimed at quelling the country’s growing disaffection with CAFO-raised beef, fake “fruit” snacks […]
umich.edu Along the southeast corner of Lake Michigan, near the coastal town of Saugatuck, Michigan, lies a line of snowy, pristine freshwater sand dunes up to 240 feet in height. I have yet to see the dunes myself, but they are said to be spectacular. Of them poet Carl Sandburg wrote: “Those dunes are to […]
Is overuse of nano-silver in products contributing to a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria and allergy rates?
A conflict of interest in environmental permitting for the Keystone XL pipeline makes it an even bigger political hot potato.
