Jeff Poppen champions the small family farm and a sense of community at his Long Hungry Creek Farm in Tennessee.

A food forest is a forest full of plants that grow human food, and they don't require as much upkeep as gardens.

Food forests require less maintenance than gardens and orchards, and they yield more fruit. Here's how to start growing your own.

Ditch pricey, over-the-counter face creams for DIY masks that use ingredients you already have in your pantry.

Making baby food at home is easier & more important than you think. Here are 5 homemade baby food recipes.

Feed your plants the natural way with organic bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion and manure.

Feed your plants the natural way with organic bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion and manure.

Sea slugs could tell us a lot about why we fall into a food coma.

A major new study examines the impact of certain foods on both the body and the planet.

A new study seeks to define what a 'hyper-palatable' food is, and how they're specifically designed to make us eat more than we should.

Laleh Mohmedi transforms her young child's meals into memorable cartoon characters as a way to encourage healthy eating.

The holiday season is a weighted one, full of food and food-pushers. Here's how to gently, but firmly, stand your ground.

Those so-called comfort foods aren't doing you any favors.

Marshall Dostal was using fry grease to fuel his cars before taking it another step to create Further soap.

A thought-provoking infographic explains how we could be turning our food waste into fuel.

New research reveals that mushrooms and some vegetables can multiply rapidly when struck by lightning.

By fighting labeling, GMO advocates risk ceding the moral high ground -- transparency -- to foods that boast their lack of GMOs.

The WindChill uses biomimicry to help preserve food in rural areas without access to electricity.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

In a new book, a psychologist with an expertise in sex therapy and addictions has opted to focus on another passion: Eating.

When you think of stained teeth, you may be quick to blame coffee. But there are other foods and beverages that could be tingeing your pearly whites.

Feel the burn of that hot pepper, but be ready for the aftermath.

Expired foods like leftover wine, avocados, and yogurt can be used to improve your hair and skin and cut down on food waste. Here's how.

A new study looks at the community factors behind the dip in American life expectancy.

The U.S. food supply is experiencing problems, from milk to chicken to produce, but it's functioning and shoppers can get the food they need during COVID-19.

With fewer people working and more people in need, food banks are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

'Food for Thought, Food for Life' addresses how we think about, produce and choose what we eat. The 22-minute film will be free to view starting October 24.

Turning a grassy lawn into a vegetable garden can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.

The new quarterly journal Comestible is a grab-a-big-cup-of-coffee-and-read-from-cover-to-cover kind of publication.

Traces of the weed killer glyphosate are increasingly being found in food, but the public is at a loss of how to process that information.

These fruits and veggies from Sydney artist Danling Xiao are both adorable and thought-provoking.

Rob Greenfield is a hands-on activist who has participated in many high-profile environmental feats to raise awareness about people's impact on the planet.

Researchers mapped the route food takes from farms to homes.

Some planes are now powered with fuel made from beef fat and forest waste.

During the government shutdown, TSA workers need a little help, and local airports and travelers are stepping up to help

Seagulls prefer to eat food that people have handled first.

All types of whales undergo long migrations each year, and new research points to a surprising reason: They need to shed their skin.

Health experts are touting the endless benefits of pickled and fermented foods, so experts are sharing recipes for unexpected pickled fruit and veggie dishes.

'Soup for Syria' by Barbara Abdeni Massaad compiles international recipes to raise funds for food relief for Syrian refugees.

Once you realize how easy and delicious the DIY versions are, you'll wish you'd never bought store-made.

These traditional dishes both comfort during difficult times and help us celebrate during good times.

Some of the most common foods we eat for breakfast so we don't start the day on an empty tank are full of sugar or have little nutrition.

Marisa McClellan's latest recipe book, "The Food in Jars Kitchen," shows people how to use what's already in their pantry.

Offering fresh produce to people in food deserts, Atlanta creates first food forest in Georgia and the largest in the U.S.

Local farmers at Montclair Farmers' Market explain why their food looks different from what you see at the grocery store.

The best way to fight food waste? Eat it, of course...

This is the first time scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, the largest animal on Earth.

There's processed food and then there's ultra-processed food. One of them adds a lot more sugar to our diets than we realize.

Chicken's always the scapegoat, but there are other suprising sources of salmonella. Here are other foods that can harbor the bacteria and how to avoid it.

Treat these foods with caution to avoid food poisoning.