Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Why do many of us choose to buy brand name products when the store brand is nearly identical?

U.S. landowners voluntarily protect more land (and water) than all national parks in the lower 48 states, a new census shows.

Cooking starchy food at high temps for a long time can produce acrylamide, a chemical that may cause cancer.

Today, a Bradford heir is resurrecting the fruit and using the proceeds to fund the drilling of fresh water wells around the world.

A new study finds surging levels of harmful phthalates in instant macaroni and cheese.

When copper from a mug mixes with the acids in a cocktail like a Moscow mule, copper poisoning can occur.

The end of artificial preservatives may be near — thanks to the power of plants and phytonutrients called flavanoids.

Mango is a delicious fruit that can be a pain to cut. Here's how the pros do it gto et the most fruit without hassle or harm.

Chickens with ankle monitors and spinach with trackers can tell consumers a lot about their food — including whether it's tainted.

The LA show, opening this week, features some intriguing green concept cars...headed for production. Are you ready for a compact hybrid Lexus, a 170-mpg VW and

Big hydrogen power plants like the one just installed in Bridgeport, Conn., can complement a fleet of fuel-cell cars.

Hyundai provided its ix35 fuel-cell car as part of a unique and sustainable city garden in London.

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

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission lander was lost on the surface of the moon, but now NASA officials have found its debris.

Scientists are studying new data from the Hubble telescope showing that planets with the density of cotton candy exist and they're called Super-Puffs.

Scientists discovered the oldest known material on the Earth's surface while studying a meteorite that landed in Australia 50 years ago.

KELT-9b's star-like qualities include melting iron and smashing hydrogen molecules, meaning this is not a habitable place.

Humans have detected and confirmed seismic event son another planet. Here's what you need to know about "marsquakes" and what they mean.

A 2012 study of homes in L.A. shows just how menacing stuff can be: "Many find their accumulated possessions exhausting to contemplate, organize, and clean."

So what if millennials killed mayonnaise and golf. Baby boomers killed the stuff that really matters — like the climate.

Multi-generation living may get even more multi-generational if current demographic trends — like boomers aging — continue.

Small businesses generate more jobs — and our kids are going to need them — so support Small Business Saturday.

Health and loneliness are intimately connected and you have to work on both.

Islabike introduces a new line of bikes designed for aging riders.

Older people are watching more television than ever — about 4.5 hours a day — and more than any other group.

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

Tristram Stuart's book "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal" argues that pigs can help alleviate world hunger by eating the scraps of wealthier countries,

Food items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

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

According to the Department of Agriculture, there are 5,279 farmers markets, large and small, in communities across America.

Executives keep a tight lid on the secret to successfully selling grocery staples to the masses.

Farmers markets are making news for encouraging reasons. Find out what’s happening around the country.

We've also created a bucket list of farmers markets and a book review of 'Wild,' the book that everyone is talking about — even Oprah.

A new bill seeks to make fresh, healthy food more accessible to consumers and support the farmers who grow it.

On “Live with Kelly and Michael,” the talk show host gave a shout out to the “greatest farm stand in South Jersey.”

As more doctors use food as a medical tool, health care providers are making nutritious options more readily available — even farmers markets.

The nip in the air says it's time to transition from summer cooking to fall cooking with this end-of-summer vegetable soup.

You can fight obesity, reduce hunger and support your local farmers — all at the same time.

Video: Ed Begley Jr. and Jeff Goldblum suggest ways to save money & help the planet.

Get tips to go green & save money around the house.

Video: Get green tips from Arianna Huffington and Nancy O'Dell.

Clark Howard offers more money saving tips on weather stripping and light bulbs.

Video: Niecy Nash and Peter Fonda share what? Their smart eco-tips.

Video: Get eco-tips from Tia and Wilmer. Get eco-tips from Tia Carrere and Wilmer Valderrama. (Video by Gerri Miller)

Watch Part I of Chuck's exclusive interview and take the quiz below to win tickets to the 10,000 Lakes Festival.

Watch part 2 of Chuck's interview with Widespread Panic's John Bell.

Learn about the characters in Ted Turner's classic environmental animated series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Send love into the world with a little bit of creativity and paint.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act update webinar archive is now available for viewing.