Tag: Living
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Join the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge
Looking for another way to reduce your carbon footprint or further travel the path of sustainability this Earth Month? Well consider the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge. The goal of the Earth Month Plastic-Free Challenge is to increase awareness of and to avoid single-use products. The challenge is sponsored by EcoSuperhero, which showcases and uplifts positive…
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Cultivating Sustainable Food and Fuel for America
Sustainable America was founded in 2012. Our unique approach to improving the sustainability of our country’s food and transportation fuel systems calls for us to: · Educate: raising awareness of the food and fuel issues facing our country; · Engage: working with the public to change their behaviors to be more sustainable; and · Invest:…
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How Buying Local Produce Impacts Local Economies
The motto “Think Globally, Act Locally” has long been a guiding tenet of the sustainable food movement. But does acting locally really make a difference and if so, what kind of difference? That’s just what a team of economists set out to explore in the study Linkages Between Community-Focused Agriculture, Farm Sales and Regional Growth,…
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6 Spring Foods to Buy at the Farmers Market
These days, with easy access to supermarkets, you can get any type of fruit and vegetable almost any time of year. But one of the simplest changes you can make to your diet to ensure that you’re eating real, healthy food is to eat in season. As we come out of winter and all the…
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Despite Kidney Disease Link, Sri Lanka Places Monsanto Herbicide Ban on Hold
Given its size and scope, when Monsanto pushes back, it usually gets what it wants. That’s why organizations like Food Democracy Now! want people to divest from the seed giant and it’s also why Sri Lanka is postponing its ban of the active ingredient in the company’s top-selling herbicide, Roundup. Less than a month ago a Sri Lankan minister told reporters…