AmaruArts Preserves Culture & Diversity of Life in the Andes With Agriculture & Nutrition

What can we learn from the ancient agricultural practices of Indigenous peoples, and how might those lessons be used to improve health today?

Can Using Regenerative Practices Save Agriculture?

The term “regenerative agriculture” may be new to you, but it has a long history. Here we discuss what regenerative agriculture is, whether it’s a realistic process to adopt, as well as its criticisms and benefits.

Protech Eco-Green Practices Sustainable Farming & Agroforestry in Kenya

By supporting farmers, Protech Eco-Green supports the health and economy of a community in Kenya. This is critical in times of severe, unpredictable climate change.

How to Start a Sustainable At-Home Garden

Sustainable gardening is great for the planet and for your health, there’s no doubt about that, but the endeavor can feel a little daunting at first. Have no fear, though: these practical tips will help you acquire green thumb status this growing season!

5 Climate Change Crisis Facts That Will Inspire Your Green Journey

It can be overwhelming to ponder what is most hurting the environment versus what is most helping. We outline five climate crisis facts that can help.

Solar One’s Stuyvesant Cove Park Connects Residents to a Unique Urban Food Source

With the help of a CNS grant, Solar One reconnects people with food, the climate crisis, and a “living laboratory” of regenerative urban permaculture.

Are GMOs Safe? Asking the Right Questions About GMOs

Asking the Right Questions About GMOs is an article series that exists to address popular myths and misconceptions about GMOs. For this installment, I interviewed expert Jonathan Latham, PhD, to uncover the truth behind the claim that GMOs are safe and well-regulated.

Asking the Right Questions About GMOs: Do We Need GMOs To Feed the World?

Asking the Right Questions About GMOs” is an article series that aims to unpack some of the most widely accepted myths about GMOs. For this installment, I interviewed expert Jonathan Latham, PhD, to uncover the truth behind the claim that GMOs are needed to feed the world.

What is Food Sovereignty? 3 Steps for Taking Back Ownership of Our Food

A handful of corporations control our food system and we are just one global catastrophe away from a food crisis. Food sovereignty allows us to reclaim ownership of our food.

Sowing Seeds for the Next Generation – Why We Need Sustainable Farming

Industrial agriculture is unsustainable for our health, planet, and communities. An organic farmer in North Carolina is reinvesting in the land and our future.

Transplanting Traditions Supports Refugee Farmers as They Grow Their Food and Their Community

The refugee farmers say that Transplanting Traditions provides meaningful, joyful opportunities to increase income as well as to come together, rebuild, heal from trauma and celebrate culture and community.

Future Food Trends: What Will Plant-Based Diets Look Like?

Most people don’t think about what’s on their dinner plate as a technological revolution, but reading about these future food trends will enlighten you.

Diet Choice or Food Miles? Where Can We Reduce Our Environmental Footprint?

Many environmental advocates have promoted eating locally as a way to reduce the carbon footprint of our diets, but are “food miles” really that significant? How does eating locally compare to eating plant-based foods as a means of mitigating climate change? Science has the answer!

Feeding Our Food: Agriculture and Deforestation

Climate change is an existential crisis driven substantially by deforestation, which is driven in turn by food production. Along the way, the forces driving climate change also exploit people, degrade communities, and destroy biodiversity. A more sustainable and socially just future is possible. Learn how you can be a part of the solution.

Step-By-Step Guide on How to Create a Square Foot Garden

Learn the easiest, most productive method of gardening without the weeds, work, and waste of a traditional row garden! The Square Foot Gardening (SFG) Method is a condensed method of gardening that uses less water, soil, space, and fewer tools.

Roundup Ready® Crops, Grasshoppers, and Animal Protein Are Connected!

How did we arrive to this Brave New World, highly mechanized, organized and streamlined to increase efficiency of milk and meat production?

5 Ways to Cook and Prepare Ripe Plantains

Plantains can be consumed green, yellow or black; ripe or unripe; cooked or uncooked; baked, fried, steamed, boiled or grilled. But how do you prepare them? Here are five of my favorite dishes using ripe plantains.

Grass-Fed Beef: Is it Really a Sustainable Alternative?

Is grass-fed meat really a better option for people and the planet? How can something be sustainable when it might not even be feasible?

8 Tips on How to Avoid GMO Foods

There are many ways you can avoid GMO foods. These tips will help you reclaim control and navigate grocery stores with confidence and ease for a better shopping experience.

Ending World Hunger or Boosting Agribusiness? Gates Foundation Launches Ceres2030

Ceres2030, a new initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, claims to seek sustainable solutions to world hunger, but is it just pushing the agribusiness agenda of chemicals and GMOs?

9 Things You Need to Know About Food and Climate Change

Did you know that livestock production has a larger impact on climate change than all transportation impacts combined? Our food choices can significantly reduce greenhouse gas impacts.

Tips and Recipes for Growing and Eating Kale

Since around 2012 kale has been increasing in popularity amongst consumers. Kale yeah! Now you can learn how to plant, grow, harvest, and cook your very own kale.

The Honey Bee: The Most Important ‘Pest’ in the World

Beekeepers in the United States have been losing approximately 30% of their colonies every year since 2006, a trend known as Colony Collapse Disorder.

Interview with Director & Producer of “HOPE What You Eat Matters” – Watch the Film for Free

HOPE What You Eat Matters is an award-winning film uncovering and revealing the effects of our typical Western diet on our health, the environment and animals.