Hang On To Those Beet Leaves; Why This Common Scrap Deserves a Second Chance

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:36 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

From Post: Beet greens are edible and offer us just as much sweetness and nutrition as its buried counterpart. Beside the addition of a new leafy green to our in-house carte de jour, eating the whole vegetable can benefit the planet, not to mention our wallets.

food, green, sustainability, home-garden, beets

Is School Food Harming Kids? Enlist a Labor Day Eat-In To Promote Fresh, Healthy Food

Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:17 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

School may be out this summer but school food is definitely in. Right now national dialogue about school meals is exceptionally loud, amplified by the fact that this Fall Congress will review and reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act.

food, education, activism, sustainability, school-food, slow-food

Cure Your Toxic Yard: Best Plants For Extracting Lead And Other Buried Pollutants

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:46 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

From Post: One of the easiest, most permanent and sustainable ways to reduce lead and toxin contamination from your outdoor leisure area is through phytoremediation, which is much more simple than it sounds.

pollution, plants, soil, gardening, home-garden, phytoremdiation

Is Your Kitchen Garden Toxic? 5 Ways To Fix Polluted Soil For Safe Homegrown Food

Seeded on Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:42 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

From post: Whether it's unattainable fresh produce, frugality, or global warming that motivated the creation of your edible garden, the risk of toxic soil in urban and even suburban agriculture is a relevant concern.

lead, gardening, home-garden, urban-garden, vegetable-garden, kitchen-garden, polluted-soil, toxic-soil

No Compost Required: Instantly Fertilize Plants With These 3 Kitchen Scraps

Seeded on Mon Jun 1, 2009 7:24 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

Indoor and outdoor plants will thrive with these natural, soil-boosting fertilizers commonly found in garbage cans of compost-free homes

home, plants, organic, gardening, compost, home-garden, fertilizer

Nose to Tail: Could You Learn to Eat the Whole Animal?

Seeded on Wed May 13, 2009 10:33 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

Vegetarians beware - Two chefs from across the country explain why eating a whole animal is ecologically sound and sensible.

food, health, pollution, green, environment, meat, local, chef, ecology, sustainable

How Backyard Beekeeping Benefits Everyone, Plus: 4 Ways to Make Friends with Bees

Seeded on Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:24 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

Bees are not entirely harmful and in fact are an extremely vital part of our human existence and well being. Beekeeper Christine Volinsky explains how homegrown bees provide her family and neighbors with sweet relief.

food, nature, alternative-health, home-garden

8 Small Ways To Save Big On Food Expenses

Seeded on Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:35 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

I'm saving more than $2,000 a year by taking these eight simple actions. Can you do the same? Here are eight easy actions that can save hard earned money and reduce frivolous spending on food items.

environment, DIY, recession, home-garden, health-food, cheap-eats

Ten Green Jobs To Stimulate Your Career, The Economy, And The Planet

Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:18 PM EST (Discovery.com)

President Obama, Congress and the Media are all talking about Green jobs in the U.S. Which eco-friendly career is your dream profession?

jobs, green, science

What is Organic?

Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 12:00 PM EST (Discovery.com)

Consuming organic means we keep pesticides out of our bodies, support farms that keep harmful chemicals out of the ground, and we also happen to decrease our dependence on oil.

oil, food, health, global-warming, pesticide, environment, organic, petroleum, fertilizer, hormone-free-meat

Understanding Food Labels: Organic? Conventional? Sustainable?: What's it all Mean?

Seeded on Fri Feb 6, 2009 12:18 PM EST (Discovery.com)

Whether its health, the environment or price you care most about, become a savvy food shopper. Find out which food labels are worth the hype and what they really mean.

food, health, organic, petroleum, poultry, pesticides, fair-trade, biodynamic, all-natural, farmers-market