Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway
The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand.
Laura Bush helped influence Texas-themed library
Laura Bush wanted to make sure her husband's presidential center reflected their Texas roots, and it does — right down to the building's limestone ...
Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast
There's no question that Eric Ciula picked a bad year to get into a competition for growing the biggest tomato. The worst U.S. drought in decades was ...
USAID head says food aid changes are urgent
The head of the Obama administration's international food aid efforts says a proposal to shift the way food is delivered abroad could help an ...
Organic apples, pears to be antibiotic-free
The organic apples you buy in the grocery store will soon be free of a widely used antibiotic. The National Organic Standards Board late Thursday ...
Nuclear waste a growing headache for SKorea
North Korea's weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country's radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear ...
Smugglers still cashing in on Michigan can refund
Michigan lawmakers want to crack down on can and bottle smugglers they say are scamming Michigan for undeserved recycling refunds, corrupting a ...
New Yorkers react to mayor's plastic foam ban push
Barely 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an all-out ban on plastic foam food containers in the city and already New Yorkers are asking: ...
Philippine town mourns largest captive crocodile
A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was ...
Leaner New Year: China tones down the celebrations
Chinese New Year is traditionally a time for colorful and noisy displays of fireworks and generous-portioned banquets. This year, the festivities are ...
Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites
Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build ...
USDA offers loans to farmers who grow for locals
With interest in locally grown food soaring, the federal government said Tuesday it has created a small loan program to help community farmers who ...
Brazil forest protection turns to digital world
Landowners who broke Brazil's environmental laws by clearing their farms of native forest used to have just one way to make right with government ...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ...
Program trains farmworkers to be organic farmers
Bending over beds of shriveled strawberry plants, former farmworker Domitila Martinez pulls pieces of black plastic row covers in preparation for next ...
Some wish Islam would inform climate debate
At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an ...
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