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USDA Study Shows We’re Losing A Concerning Amount of Trees In Cities

It’s way more than you think.

by Dan Nosowitz· May 8, 2018
Consumption-Article

Healthy Diets Lead to More Food Waste, But You Should Still Eat Your Vegetables

Are healthy diets worse in terms of food waste?

by Dan Nosowitz· April 18, 2018
Food

5 Nonprofits Sowing the Seeds of a Better Food System

These organizations are doing the important work of preserving heirloom seeds and improving organic farming practices.

by Modern Farmer· April 16, 2018
PLU little produce stickers
Food

Those Little Produce Stickers? They’re a Big Waste Problem

Checkout clerks rely on them to ID specific fruits and vegetables, but they’re causing major issues at composting facilities.

by Dan Nosowitz· March 15, 2018
Farm

Study Details How Climate Change Will Affect California Agriculture

A study provides an overview of California’s agricultural industry as it faces climate change.

by Dan Nosowitz· March 1, 2018
Farm

EPA Shuttering Program That Aids the Study of Chemical Effects on Children

The NCER, which funds research on how pesticides (among other products) effect the health of Americans, has been dissolved.

by Dan Nosowitz· February 27, 2018
what's most likely to be found in supermarket food waste? bananas
Food

Supermarket Food Waste: What’s Most Likely to Get Tossed?

A banana doesn’t have to be perfectly yellow to be perfectly good!

by Dan Nosowitz· February 12, 2018
Farm

New Paper Suggests Replacing Tobacco Farms With Solar Panels

This approach to solar farms seems to have positive environmental, financial, and public health benefits.

by Dan Nosowitz· February 6, 2018
Farm

Wildflowers Are Definitely the Prettiest Way to Reduce Pesticide Use

And this new method might be more effective, too.

by Dan Nosowitz· February 1, 2018
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