All it’s taken to expose the precarious state of our modern industrial meat supply is a tiny bit of infectious genetic material wrapped in a protein coat.
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Consumers Hold The Key To Building A Better Meat System
Composting 101
Composting at home reduces what you send to the landfill and fortifies your garden. It’s also easier than a lot of people think. In the end, it’s a simple formula: Composting = Carbon + Nitrogen + Oxygen + Water + Time +Carbon The carbon part of that equation comes from what composters tend to call…
By Emily Payne and Danielle Nierenberg
Is Plastic Waste the Cost of Eating?
While many plastics are recyclable, they still end up in landfills, oceans and ultimately, in our bodies. With less than 9% of plastic waste being recycled—and packaging comprising the largest percent of plastic waste—businesses and entrepreneurs are rethinking how to package food. This story was produced in partnership with Food Tank.Story by Emily Payne, Food…
By Michael Dax
Untapped: New Mexico Hop Growers See Unlimited Future
Five years ago, Diego Marlar, co-owner and founder of Stone Lizard Hops Farm in Belen, was enjoying a beer at a local brewery when he asked the bartender where the brewery sourced its hops. To his surprise, the answer, as it is for most New Mexico breweries, was the Pacific Northwest. Although the craft…
Backyard Buffalo Farm
Raising water buffalo for milk (and yogurt) in Northeast Florida Growing up in western India, Punita Patel was accustomed to drinking buffalo milk and all its delicious and nutritious by-products, like paneer, yogurt, and ghee. But when she immigrated to the United States at age 17, she found buffalo milk to be more elusive. Cow…
By Sydney Jones