The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ditching the complicated food pyramid symbol of healthful eating for a simpler, streamlined dinner plate. Nobody's going to miss the pyramid, experts say. It was too confusing.
The image below details what the White House Garden would look like if it was planted with subsidized crops from the Food and Farm Bill (via Slow Food USA Twitter). The image, created by Kitchen Gardeners International, shows the layout of the Spring 2011 White House garden.
America's Founding Fathers knew the importance of gardening and the environment. Today's efforts — urban farming, composting, even drought-tolerant yards — echo their ideals.
Despite the trendiness of Meatless Monday, the glamorous vegetable butcher at Italian megamart Eataly in New York, and the Pollanification of our diets, a staggering number of Americans still dont
With gardening season under way in all but the coldest of zones, we gathered a gaggle of gardeners from around the country and asked them to share some tips with us. The slide show is a peek into the beginnings of their space for this 2011 growing season.
Scientists at University of Sherbrooke in Canada have found the presence of BT toxin, which is found in genetically modified crops, in human blood. Till now, scientists and MNCs had been promoting genetically modified crops as safe for humans.
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