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What I learned from joining a CSA

Exploits in escarole: See what happens when a mom who's not exactly fond of green veggies forks over $900 for nine months of fresh produce.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Why does beef from a local farm cost so much more than what's in the grocery store?

While Morieka Johnson usually loves a good bargain, she knows that when it comes to local, sustainably raised beef, you get what you pay for.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Green advice from dad

What's the best green advice your father ever shared with you?




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Irish teen wins Google Science Fair with project to remove microplastics from water

Irish teen Fionn Ferreira won the 2019 Google Science Fair for removing microplastics from water.



  • Research & Innovations

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A new food made from carbon dioxide could be a game changer for our planet — and beyond

Solar Foods is set to unveil a fully sustainable, carbon-neutral food that can be produced anywhere.



  • Research & Innovations

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A new material made from spider silk and trees could replace plastic

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.



  • Research & Innovations

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Despite the red-meat rhetoric, Texas benefits mightily from clean energy projects

Austin's 'Chevy Volt Village' makes a handy political target, but in fact clean energy — and especially wind power — has been very, very good for Texas' ec




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Why we can't run from 'forever chemicals'

Toxic compounds called PFAS have been linked to cancer and immune problems, and they may also make it tougher to keep off weight.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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The McFarthest spot from McDonald's

One scientist found the farthest spot from a McDonald's restaurant in the U.S. -- and went there, eating McDonald's fare all the way.



  • Arts & Culture

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3 beautiful eco art projects made from repurposed wood

These artists used recycled pine, driftwood and waste timber to create their pieces.



  • Arts & Culture

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Ugandan artist makes playground from recycled plastic bottles

Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.



  • Arts & Culture

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Canned air from your favorite cities now on sale

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.



  • Arts & Culture

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Bittersweet, guitar-shaped forest is visible from space

In memory of his late wife, a farmer has spent 35 years planting and nurturing a guitar-shaped forest in Argentina.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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This 'Secret Garden' is made entirely from denim

Artist Ian Berry's creation is made from the most familiar of materials.



  • Arts & Culture

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CERN takes a break from the search for Higgs Boson particle

One of the world's most elusive particles will stay hidden a while longer, it seems. Scientists at the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator



  • Research & Innovations

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Kleptoparasites: 8 animals that steal from others

From chinstrap penguins to cuckoo bees, these kleptomaniac parasites rob their fellow critters for food and supplies.




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16 diseases you can get from your pets

There are plenty of ways that the animals we love can make us sick.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Where does the term 'cold turkey' come from?

The phrase 'cold turkey' has nothing to do with a turkey that's shivering from the cold.



  • Arts & Culture

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Boat made from plastic bottles sets sail

Video: Adventurer and conservationist David de Rothschild sets sail on Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,000 plastic bottles to help raise awareness about the Gre



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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'Trash Inc': Who profits from your garbage?

A new CNBC documentary follows the secret life of garbage -- from your trash can to the garbage trucks to the landfills -- and our oceans.




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Hawaii-sized recycled island to be built from ocean garbage patch

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Fish ingesting plastic from Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A new study by two graduate students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego found that a little over nine percent of the fish that swim ne




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Artists create beautiful world maps made from food. Does the vegetable representing the U.S. surprise you?

We get why the artists chose this common vegetable to represent America, but if you could choose a food, what would it be?




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Live from New York, it's the 2013 Auto Show

2013 new york auto show was full of news about BMW, Nissan, Mercedes and Ford.




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Lunar rover saved from Alabama scrapheap

A prototype lunar rover that was sold to a scrapyard and reported by NASA to be lost has now been found.




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Micro mollusk from Borneo is world's tiniest snail

Micro Mollusk Breaks Record for World's Tiniest Snail




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10 off-the-wall science stories from 2015

Robot duels, gluttonous snakes and really long fingernails were just some of the oddities.



  • Research & Innovations

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Top 5 retracted scientific papers from 2015

2015 was no stranger to shady science.



  • Research & Innovations

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What to expect from the Leonid meteor shower

The Leonids are expected to reach their peak before dawn on Nov. 17 but will still be visible through Nov. 21




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Tomato and olive chicken from Chef A

Chef A uses tomatoes, olives, capers and more in a sauce to top off her basic chicken breasts.




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Jars of Prego sauce recalled from store shelves

No illness related to the recall have been reported, and shoppers should be wary of jars with a "Best Buy" date of June 16, 2015.




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Subway removes chemical from bread that's also used in yoga mats

Azodicarbonamide is a chemical that's used in foam rubber products, but in the U.S., it can also be found in breads.




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Why are white potatoes excluded from the WIC program?

Funding for many fresh fruits and vegetables increased with the new guidelines, but white potatoes have been excluded. Why?




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Petco removes treats linked to pet deaths from shelves

The FDA hasn't confirmed Chinese-made treats are dangerous, but there are concerns the jerky treats have sickened or killed thousands of U.S. pets.




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FDA points finger at calories from added sugar

FDA floats proposal that would set 10% of total calories as the standard. So, if you drink a 16-ounce soda, you're done.




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If it doesn't come from an animal, is it milk?

There's a debate about whether liquid plant-based foods should be labeled as milk. Is it time to change the definition of milk?




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Wines: A biodynamic Carmenere from Lapostolle

If you've never tried a Carmenere before, Lapostolle’s Alexandre Cuvee Carmenere would be a great bottle to start with.




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The best way to remove pesticides from apples

The most effective way to remove pesticides from apple skins is to soak them in a baking soda and water solution. (It works better than bleach.)




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Limitless clean energy from wastewater? Nah, let's stick with clean coal

A Penn State lab has found a way to make hydrogen fuel from wastewater and seawater with no emissions. So why aren't we doing this?



  • Wilderness & Resources

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With Solar Energy Research Center, we're one step closer to making fuel from sunlight and CO2

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.




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NASA just found plumes of water vapor bursting from Jupiter's moon

Water vapor escaping Europa hints at a vast saltwater ocean beneath its surface.




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There's a radio signal from deep space that's repeating every 16 days

A mysterious radio signal from deep space appears to be repeating every 16 days.




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The rich are different from you and me — they live a lot longer

Billy Joel said "only the good die young." He was wrong. The poor and the middle class die younger, too.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Organic 'from A to Z' video library

Planet Green's web video series features 26 tasty organic treats... in alphabetical order.




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Local foods front and center at grocery store

The focus is put on the small amount of local food among the non-local.




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Flour from grasshoppers? Students awarded $1M to fight global hunger with insects

Insects are a sustainable protein source for much of the world's poor. Soon, they may also be bread.




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Make these Christmas decorations with a little help from science

Geometric crystal ornaments bring on the color, and they're easy to make too.




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10 cool things made from cardboard

Who know you could build a functional car or virtual reality goggles from cardboard?



  • Arts & Culture

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Scientists generate electricity from viruses

Novel generator uses harmless viruses to create an electric charge.



  • Research & Innovations

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What to expect from the 2019 hurricane season

Meteorologists predict a mostly normal 2019 hurricane season, but that doesn't mean there's no danger.



  • Climate & Weather