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5 Invasive Plants You Can Eat

As invasive species threaten native ecosystems, why not fight them with your appetite and a sauté pan?
Meat Industry Grossly Outspends Animal Rights, Veg Groups

Check this out: Those red dots are the advertising budgets of the big meat producers and meat industry groups, just the advertising budgets; the green dots are the entire budgets of animal welfare groups.
Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2009 Russian River Valley Chardonnay

Frei's 2009 Chardonnay touches your nose with hints of rose water, jasmine and other floral delights. But on the palette, it is swimming with honey and sweet butter and just enough acidity to make it all work.
Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Chef's Table Viognier

Hahn SLH Estate's 2010 Chef's Table Viognier is one of the most interesting whites you'll ever smell. It's completely intoxicating with notes of white peach, banana, honeydew and jasmine. Only 100 cases were made, so get this one quickly!
Perfect Scrambled Eggs in 40 Seconds

Flawlessly cooked eggs without additional fat or a non-stick pan can be yours in under a minute.
Top 8 Food Trends for 2020

Will bacon finally be knocked off the throne by 2020? Will cupcakes fade into obscurity? Food experts weigh in on the future food trends.
Federal Food Aid Recipients Double Their Money at Local Farmers' Markets

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients
Rooftop Fish Farm Ups the Ante for Urban Agriculture

The prototype Globe/Hedron is a bamboo greenhouse designed to organically grow fish and vegetables on top of generic flat roofs. It uses aquaponic farming techniques so the fish's water nourishes the plants and plants clean the water for the fish.
'Eat Local' Food App Shows What's in Season Near You

With just a few quick clicks you can find what's in season, where to get it, and how to cook it.
USDA Wants to Double Poultry Processing Speed, Killing More Birds & Injuring More Workers

Already, just one processing plant kills 78 million chickens each year. The USDA and Big Meat want to nearly double the speed that the production line moves.
Eco Wine Review: Wrath 2010 Ex Anima Chardonnay

Wrath's 2010 Ex Anima Chardonnay is billowing with so much tropical fruit that you half expect Kokomo to start playing on the jukebox the second you uncork it. I swear this wine was a Piña Colada in its past life.
Tell President Obama You Want an End to Factory Farming!

Last October Farm Sanctuary held the first national Conference to End Factory Farming (TreeHugger was one of the media sponsors). Now they want to put some pressure on the President, via this petition.
Crisps, Betties, Buckles and Slumps: The Who’s Who of Fruit Desserts

Not as fussy as pies, this rough-and-tumble family of baked fruit dishes are rustic, charming, and a highly pleasant way to employ the seasonal fruit starting to make its appearance.
Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2008 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

This eco-wine is thick with berries and molasses on the nose but the follow through is not your usual California cab. And for every acre of planted vineyard, Frei Brothers sets aside one acre to be preserved as natural wildlife habitat.
20 Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds and Tea Leaves

From soothing burns to removing odors, coffee grounds and tea leaves have more than one life. Give them a productive reincarnation in any of these applications.
Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

This wine is brimming with bright fruit, dark undertones and those farmyard aromas common to most Pinots. With notes of pepper, strawberry and dried mint on the palette, this wine is as food-friendly as it is drinkable.
Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica

Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.
Eco Wine Review: Unti Vineyard's 2008 Dry Creek Valley Grenache

Unti Vineyard's 2008 Grenache is smoky and spicy with cranberry and anise on the nose. Marionberry and a minty finish play well with the wine's acidity and refined tannins. And it's vegan!