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“We try to grow what’s been here for hundreds, if not thousands of years.”

Tribes Create Their Own Food Laws to Stop USDA From Killing Native Food Economies - Yes! Magazine From blue corn to bison, narrow federal food-safety codes impact tribal food systems. But advocates are writing their own food laws to preserve Native food sovereignty.

Today members of the campaign went to Mayor Bowser’s press conference to ask “What about petitioning?” We wrote the Mayor over a month ago and have still not received a reply.

Nearly 2/3 of the world's farmers are small scale producers which feed the majority of the world's population.

Nearly 40% of Russia's Food Still Comes From Small, Family Gardens Almost half of Russia’s food is grown in backyard gardens! While most of the world is completely dependent on industrial agriculture, the Russian people feed themselves. As recently as 2011, a full 40% of the food produced in Russia came from small, household gardens called dachas. That number is ...

“Lobbying documents and emails obtained by The Intercept show a vast strategy by the pesticide industry to influence academics, beekeepers, and regulators, and to divert attention away from the potential harm caused by pesticides. As a result, the global neonic industry generated $4.42 billion in revenue in 2018. In the meantime, the effects are being seen in massive die-offs. Certain insect species are nearing extinction."

The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth Though neonicotinoids are banned in the EU, a sophisticated information war has kept these insecticides — toxic to bees and birds — on the U.S. market.

Saved: 483 giant sequoias six feet or more in diameter, and the Stagg Tree, the fifth largest tree in the world at almost 35 feet in diameter and 3,000 years old.

World’s Fifth-Largest Tree Now Safe From Loggers in an 'Inspiring Outpouring of Generosity' "It really was an extraordinary and inspiring outpouring of generosity," the league's President and CEO Sam Hodder told The San Francisco Chronicle. "This is the best of what's left. This is a truly magical place, and it comes at a time when people needed some good news — something that protects t...

Meet the dog trained to sniff out koalas injured in the recent devastating bushfires Taylor, the four-year-old English springer spaniel, sniffs out injured koalas after the recent bushfires on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.

It’s about time

Scientists Want to Make Harming the Environment a War Crime "We call on governments to incorporate explicit safeguards for biodiversity."

Opossums have natural immunity to Lyme disease ticks are known to carry.

Trail Cam Captures Opossum Pulling Ticks Off A Deer's Face This trail cam photo beautifully demonstrates a symbiotic relationship -- a special interaction between species that provides a balance that can only be achieved by working together.

Prime Minister Of Iceland Calls For Prioritizing “Well-Being” Of Citizens Over GDP Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdottir is now urging governments to prioritize sustainability and family time over obsessing about economic growth — as most developed nations seem to do. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeion and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have teamed u...

By supporting our farmers we can reboot the economy, sustain millions of livelihoods, and be more climate resilient.

Make no mistake: Agriculture alone has the potential to reboot the economy Agriculture, food and trade policy expert Devinder Sharma writes: “My understanding is that only agriculture can reboot the economy, sustain millions of livelihoods, and reduce global warming.”

Bars In Italy Are Starting To Use Pasta Straws To Reduce Plastic Waste Anyone who has never had a genuine Italian pasta meal should try and remedy that asap! Pasta comes in all shapes and sizes and one in particular, bucatini pasta, with its tubular shape, is making eco-friendly waves as an alternative to plastic straws. A picture posted on reddit by user u/GranFabio,

"A study has found that a typical apple carries more than 100 million bacteria. Some of these microbes are important in maintaining a healthy gut environment, or microbiome. The bacteria, fungi and viruses in our food transiently colonize our gut. Cooking kills most of these, so raw fruit and veg are particularly important sources of gut microbes.”

“Freshly harvested, organically managed apples harbor a significantly more diverse, more even and distinct bacterial community, compared to conventional ones. This variety and balance would be expected to limit overgrowth of any one species, and previous studies have reported a negative correlation between human pathogen abundance and microbiome diversity of fresh produce.”

100m bacteria a day keep the doctor away, apple research suggests Study finds organic apples have more diverse and balanced bacterial community

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Ikea to Use Mushroom Packaging That Will Decompose in a Garden Within Weeks And it's not the only big company turning to this fungi packaging.

The process uses significantly less water than the process used to turn h**p plants into a rough material.

Levi's found a way to make h**p feel like cotton, and it could have big implications for your wardrobe Levi's debuted a soft cotton-h**p blend, and its head of innovation expects to have 100% cottonized-h**p garments in five years.

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Bee population recovering due to regenerative farming, producers say Dairy farmers say that regenerative farming has brought back the bees and increased profits.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Chinook salmon, among other wildlife, are returning to the area in big numbers. Experts have found 241 salmon egg nests which should turn into juvenile fish in the next few months.

Salmon return to Oregon river by the hundreds to spawn after $2M restoration project BLUE RIVER, Ore. - A threatened fish species is starting to make a comeback in parts of the McKenzie River. For the first time in nearly half of a century, fish experts have counted hundreds of spring Chinook salmon nests in the Lower South Fork McKenzie River in Blue River. The good news comes afte...

High School Cross-Country Team Takes Lonely Shelter Dogs On Their Morning Runs Members of the St. Joseph High School cross-country team in California invited more than a dozen shelter dogs to accompany them on their mor...

Why Actor Jim Belushi Traded Hollywood for a Pot Farm in Southern Oregon The guy from 'K9' and 'Red Heat' now sells the strain smoked on 'Saturday Night Live' back in the 1970s in Portland.

Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months Despite a few hiccups, Australia's plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically. 😏

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Students Invent Bacteria That Eat Plastic From The Oceans And Turn It Into Water The high pollution in the oceans is a big problem on the planet. According to recent research, it is likely tha...

Last year, the prison harvested 13,500 pounds of produce, 10 percent going to the local food pantry. Inmates project they will likely exceed their goal of 20,000 pounds of produce this year.

Inmates have turned the Maine State Prison grounds into a lush garden Last year, the prison harvested about 13,500 pounds of produce, with about 10 percent going to the local food pantry in Rockland.

New grocery store lets you buy health food for the price of fast-food Imagine Whole Foods at dollar-store prices.

Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate New legislation passed by the Philippine House of Representatives formalises existing tradition and could result in 175 million new trees each year if approved by Senate.

Doctors may soon be prescribing vegetables instead of drugs to prevent disease Soon, eating healthier foods might be prescribed by doctors to avoid chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. A recent study found that healthy food prescription would improve people’s health, which would be more

Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People Fort Lauderdale police have even arrested a 90-year-old man and two ministers who were simply trying to share food with the homeless.

Atlanta Turns 7 Acres Of Vacant Land Into The Largest Free Food Forest In The Country Atlanta has a large expanse of land, over seven acres, in fact, that wasnt being used. However, thats all about to change now as Atlantas City Council has just voted in favor of changing all this vacant space into the state of Georgias first food forest. After a unanimous vote last Monday, the…

A healthy planet is vital to everything living on it.

Goats are a superior form of wildfire management, more sustainable and less risky than herbicides or fuel-powered mowers.

‘Goats are the best tool’: grazers in high demand to reduce US wildfire risk In the face of climate change and deadly fires, states from California to Colorado are turning hungry animals loose on the countryside

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Jon Stewart Turned His 45-Acre Farm Into An Animal Sanctuary To Rescue Abused Factory Farm Animals Jon Stewart and his wife bought Hockhockson Farm in NJ just to provide a safe haven for rescued animals and turn it into an education center.

Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy Germany, the world’s fourth biggest consumer of coal, aims to shut down all 84 of its coal-burning plants that produce 40% of the country’s electricity within the next 19 years in order to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change, a government commission said Saturd...

"There is a concerted effort for bringing bees back onto the planet…We do not realize that they are the foundation, I think, of the growth of the planet, the vegetation..."

Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees Morgan Freeman, the actor, film director and philanthropist has added a new title to his name: Beekeeper. The 81-year-old celebrity decided to convert his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary.

“H**pWood” is 20 percent harder than oak, and grows 100 times as fast.

H**p is the New Oak: America’s First H**p “Wood” Factory is Being Built “H**pWood” is 20 percent harder than oak, and grows 100 times as fast. It’s a sustainable alternative for hardwood furniture, flooring and more. Now that it’s legal to grow h**p in the United States, a man who’s spent the last decade developing h**p “hardwood” is building a $6 million ...

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Wildflower Planting Project Is Saving Taxpayers Millions in Mowing If you drive Ohio highways you may have noticed more flowers and taller grass on the side of the road. The Ohio Department of Transportation has begun

Good news from Hawaii: the Dept of Education announces a ban of herbicide use at all Hawaii public schools.

Herbicides banned on Hawaii public school campuses, superintendent says Superintendent Christina Kishimoto, after hearing that Roundup was being used on some campuses, sent a memo Tuesday to all principals stressing that herb­icides are banned at Hawaii public schools.

Bolivia invests in small and medium farmers to increase local and regional production in crops like potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, vegetables, coffee, and cocoa.

Bolivia to Be Completely Food Independent in 2020 by Investing in Small Farmers Bolivia will be completely food independent by 2020 just by investing in its small farmers -- and keeping an aim of sustainability.