At Goucher College, Pollan advises students to be thoughtful with their food choices.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

Fun holiday question: What foods on your holiday menu will eventually rot?

This short video of moving vegetables explains why so much food is grown yet so many people remain food insecure.

Stephen Colbert cuts through the “locavore flim flam” to find out what is at the heart of Michael Pollan’s latest book.

Pollan's best-selling book 'In Defense of Food' answered the question, 'What should I eat?' Now the book is a documentary, airing on PBS Dec. 30.

Food news from around the web for your weekend reading

Party with The Green Girls -- and 200 green-thinking Angelenos -- at the Ecco Lounge in Hollywood this Saturday.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

Looking to avoid a date with pesticides this Valentine's Day? Outfit your love <s>dungeon</s> den with stylish sheets and bedding made from organic cotton and o

Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.

Bark beetles that are ravaging Arizona's forests can be deterred by their own 'music,' according to new research.

Camping's not your thing? Here are helpful tips for people who don't like to camp.

You can fly! New thrill attraction at London's Archbishop's Park caters to urban adventurers with Peter Pan aspirations.

Open to biking, kayaking and cross-country skiing, this 15,000-mile-trail isn't your run-of-the-mill recreational trail.

It's 'open season on open space,' according to The Cultural Landscape Foundation's 2017 'Landslide' report.

The technologically advanced Stoosbahn ascends and descends over 2,000 feet in about four minutes.

I hiked to see flowing lava in Hawai‘i. Now I can't shut up about it.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for the funniest candid photos of animals just being themselves.

The Danish capital's urban 'parkipelago' will eventually include a sauna, cafe and mussel farm.

If you're looking for ideas on where to travel this summer, this list compiled through a Yelp algorithm is a good starting point.

The Finns love to forage, treating the outdoors in Finland like a wild supermarket. Here's how to start this habit where you live.

Markku Lahdesmaki's photo series 'Avanto' illuminates the Finnish hobby of ice swimming.

Paterson vetoes anti-fracking bill, but at the same time extends a more narrowly written moratorium on fracking.

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'

Fracking for shale gas may be dangerous, but the international agency offers a list of rules it says can make the process 'environmentally acceptable.'

Does 'fracking' need a new name? The slang for hydraulic fracturing sounds dirty and disconcerting — and now a study finds it even curbs support for the contr

The success of two elementary school volunteer projects earned a shelter a donation from the Petco Foundation.

Aaron Tucker was hoping a job interview would change his life, but he wound up saving a life instead.

As the season of giving approaches, support your local food bank's commitment to give less junk food and donate only nutritious food.

Is telling neighbors in an apartment building that they won't sleep because of an all-night party a courtesy or fair warning?

We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Julie Marburger paints a dim picture of the American classroom.

When you leave your food donation by your mailbox on May 12, make sure to keep a record of it.

Not every dog goes straight from the shelter to a happy ending, but Baloo's story is the most unlikely of all.

Scientists devise a BS calculator to identify the world's biggest liars.

The new and highly Instagrammable interactive exhibition in Miami Beach receives a violation for generating marine debris.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

Rich Horner went diving in Manta Point, off the coast of Bali, and found a world of plastics waiting for him.

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

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

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

The Dutch do it again with a new cycling path in the northeastern city of Zwolle that's made from old plastic bottles and packaging.

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

A community rallied to find a coyote trapped in plastic in the middle of a snowstorm.

Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses climate change with Jon Stewart.

You won’t recognize all the names from Time’s list of people that most affect our world, but you’ll want to get to know them.

The EPA will continue to draw fire, but the veto weapon should protect the agency as long as Obama is in the White House.

The telecommunications company will be Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.