Sustainable Farming

Vote Yes on Prop 2 and NO to Industrial Farming

Josh Brusin | Posted 10.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Animals, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society, Proposition 2, Sustainable Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Conscious Eating, Food, Chicago News
Josh Brusin

Eating is an experience, and when you know that what you are eating lived a short and miserable existence because of you it kind of ruins the taste of your food.

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California Schemin'

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farming, The Humane Society, Factory Farming, Humane Society, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Prop 2, Animals, California, Humane Society of the United States, Proposition 2, Industrial Agriculture, Local Farmers, Living News
Michael Markarian

The nation's largest egg producer is also one of the dirtiest; It has been cited numerous times for spilling chicken manure and chicken parts into rivers and streams.

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Remembering Food Revolutionary Abby Mandel

Flora Lazar | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Culinary, Chefs, Chicago, Cooking, Farmers Markets, Food, Sustainable Farming, Local Farmers, Bill Kurtis, Abby Mandel Dies, Abby Mandel, Green City Market, Tallgrass Beef, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

A chef and columnist who many culinary enthusiasts remember as a technological pioneer for her early embrace of the Cuisinart food processor took a technological step back when she founded the Green City Market ten years ago.

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Kangaroo Meat Better For Environment

Reuters | Michael Perry | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Kangaroo Meat, Kangaroo, Kangaroos Global Warming, Green News, Environment, Green, Sustainable Farming, Kangaroos Green, Meat, Green News

SYDNEY - Farming kangaroos instead of sheep and cattle in Australia could cut by almost a quarter the greenhouse gases produced by grazing livestock, ...

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Sustainable Lessons from the Vineyard

Isabel Cowles | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Wine, Sustainable Farming, Green Living, Sustainable Food, Global Warming, Going Green, Green News
Isabel Cowles

With global temperatures steadily climbing, everything you thought you knew about viticulture might change.

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Hydroponics On Your Windows: Cool, Efficient Vertical Farming

Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Sunstainable Buildings, Sustainable Insulation, Green Insulation, Green Walls, Sustainable Urban Design, Sustainable Design, Green Living, Hydroponic Farming, Sustainable Farming, Kiss + Cathcart, Vertical Farming, Green News

Many of us still jump to conclusions when we hear "hydroponics" and New York Sun Works wants to change that. The organization is known internationally...

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