Don’t know the difference between cage-free and free-range, natural and organic? This will help.

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.

The USDA is asking makers of meat, dairy and egg products to stop using "sell by" and "use by" dates and adopt a universal "best if used by" label.

The new USDA label for "bioengineered food" doesn't answer basic questions that some shoppers will have about genetically modified foods.

U.S. Cattlemen's Association has filed a petition to USDA arguing that lab-grown and plant-based meat startups shouldn't be able to call their products meat.

USDA releases final rules for GMOs in our food, but they call them bioengineered foods instead. Here's what you need to know.

A consumer advocacy group wants to make nutrition labels less confusing.

Consumers who need guidance about all the seals and certifications on food packaging can find some answers in this food label guide.

Part II: Consumers who need guidance deciphering all the seals, certifications and claims on food packaging can find answers in MNN's Food Label Guide.

Health ratings on packages could influence consumers' purchasing decisions and drive food companies to make healthier products.

Understanding what you are eating is a crucial step to healthier living. But what do all those food labels really mean?

If we could see a photo of the amount of sugar that's in a soft drink right on the label, would it make us think twice?

These robotic labs, called ESPs, collect water samples in the open water and can determine if a beach is safe for swimming or water is clean enough to drink

After trying several methods to remove the label glue from the bottles, I finally found the winner.

The Honda CR-Z is the newest hybrid to hit the streets of America.

Nissan and Electronic Arts joined forces to bring electric vehicles to the popular SimCity game.

Don't let bucolic images of small, locally owned farms cloud your judgment. Our blogger says do your homework and buy local when you can.

Pete Stockton, a former Department of Energy official, says the public should be concerned but not alarmed as a wildfire inches closer to the nuclear weapons fa

Denny Dyke turns his walking meditations into intricate sand labyrinths on the beach in Oregon.

A boy from Thousand Oaks started making Braille labels for his local grocery store and now Whole Foods.

The natural and organic chain of grocery stores promises full GMO transparency by 2018.

Inside a rather humdrum-looking suburban Washington, D.C., home, the typical family of 4 is replaced by a virtual clan as part of a $2.5M effort to test energy-

The Australian government uses helicopters to drop thousands of pounds of carrots and sweet potatoes to hungry animals in areas affected by the bushfires.

Architect Zaha Hadid is "touring around" a prefab concept with musician/design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.

The 50,000-year-old, perfectly preserved forest is showcased like never before in a newly released documentary.

The 100-million-year-old sandstone slab of 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous period is one of the rarest ever discovered.

MBA students in a CSR course at Boston College were tasked to create a green business idea for Verizon and a recyclable phone project came out on top.

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

There are lots of labels designed to make you think you're buying better food. Are they reliable?

But environmental groups say oil is still coming ashore and more work needs to be done.

Alabama county’s decision to store coal ash from the Tennessee spill fills coffers, but also spurs worries about consequences.

Make your sipping simple this holiday weekend with these easy-to-throw-together drinks.

Open up the liquor cabinet, pull out your shaker, and celebrate your hard work with a cocktail.

While easy to focus on the gross-out factor, the tale of a stranded train filled with sewage sludge shines a light on the complicated afterlife of our waste.

With so many organic companies owned by large corporations, some of their profits may be used to fight Proposition 37 – which would require genetically modifi

Please the crowd at the pool, the park or in your backyard with our healthy, farmers market-focused recipes.

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

This informative chart from Green America rates the candy companies on their commitment to avoiding child labor.

Pantech's new phone will be available from AT&T on October 7, 2012.

The new fuel economy labels include a smog rating, greenhouse gas rating and more.

The first release of moths with genetically-engineered "self-destruct" switches onto American farms is being heralded as an insecticide-free solution to pests.

Having conquered both the moon and Cupertino, Sir Norman Foster eyes the Red Planet.

The new certificate is offered by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

More than 1,000 workers will study the environmental effects of energy production.

UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing.

Finn the conservation dog was trained to sniff out pesky rabbits, and in the process he protect native plants and threatened Humboldt penguins.

Confused about egg carton labeling? You're not alone.

Don't know the difference between "free range" and Certified Humane? Learn what the labels on your chickens and eggs mean.

Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.