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Movie Review: Fresh Offers New Thinking About What We're Eating
Disaster, devastation, destruction: Those are the none too cheerful themes of many environmental movies, e.g. The Age of Stupid, 11th Hour, The Day after Tomorrow. While the fear factor has its purpose, we don't think it
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Omnivore's Delusion and the Joy of Industrial Agriculture
A recent post in The American called "The Omnivore's Delusion" seeks to rebut the "agri-intellectuals" like Michael Pollan et al, whose rarefied opinions do not accord with the experience of real farmers like author Blake
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Receive Free Neurological Disorder with Your Swine Flu Vaccination
In another case where the cure is worse than the disease, concerns have arisen over a link between the new Swine Flu vaccine and a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré. Actually, the link is a rehashing of the first time the
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Jillian Michaels Wants You to Master Your Metabolism, the Green Way
Calling Jillian Michaels a fitness guru is kinda like saying Oprah Winfrey is sorta influential or Kim Jong-il has a little problem expressing himself. She is a fitness god…or goddess, whichever! She is the go-to for millions of people that want a
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Are Factory Farms to Blame for Swine Flu?
Image Source: DailyMail.co.uk Dear Pablo: I have been following the media field day on the outbreak of swine flu but I can't help but wonder if factory farms are to blame for swine flu?What Is Swine Flu?First of all let me clarify that Swine Flu, or
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How To Get Chicks
Some of the author's chickens going outside for the first timeDear Pablo, I am thinking about getting some chickens but I don't live on a farm. Can you raise chickens in the suburbs without causing trouble in the neighborhood?I am hearing of more and
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7 Foods Banned in Europe Still Available in the U.S.
How many times do you hear people say: "Well, it must be safe because the government allows it?" But can you rely on that? Maybe a look at some of the foods and food practices that are permitted in the U.S. and banned in
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Monbiot: Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine Shouldn't Mix
Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to
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Bill Niman Boycotts Niman Ranch
Company Founder Rejects New Welfare and Sustainability Standards Whether a little meat in the diet is sustainable, or whether a vegetarian world is best, meat eating remains a core point of contention among TreeHuggers. For those of us who do indulge
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7 Neglected Diseases You've Never Heard Of
Well, maybe you have, but now that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is championing their cause, to the tune of a $34 million grant to fight these diseases, you just might be hearing a lot more about
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Now Even You Vegetarians Can Get Your Daily Allowance of Antibiotics
I cut way back on my consumption of meats mostly for sustainability reasons. Living in an area where restaurants with grass fed and antibiotic-free meats are few and far between, I decided not to take the chance. But a new study
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Better Burgers at Burger Lounge
The Burger Lounge, which opened in 2006, now has 3 locations across San Diego offering organic and healthy burger alternatives for one of the healthiest, if not greenest, of cities. Created by Dean Loring and Mike Gilligan,
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A Picture is Worth: Improve Your Immune System
Sign in Amsterdam hotel. TreeHugger has often noted that we need a bit of good bacteria. Source via
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Drug Take Back Programs On the Rise
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Company just announced that it has joined the list of facilities that can and will take your unused and outdated medicines and properly dispose of them "by an FDA-approved company." Neither
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Tyson Injects Unborn Chickens with Antibiotics, Sues USDA to Keep Antibiotic-Free Label
In a baffling case of doublespeak, the world's largest meat processing company Tyson Foods has publicly admitted to injecting chickens with antibiotics—but it's suing the US Department of Agriculture in order
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Car Care Tips, Organic Chai Tea and How to Trash Prescription Drugs
:: Keep your car clean and well-tuned to lower your carbon footprint.
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Soil Bacteria Thrive on Antibiotics: A Potential Reservoir of Antibiotic-Resistance
Soil bacteria have thumbed their ‘nose’ at antibiotics this week. A surprising study in the journal Science shows that soil bacteria can thrive on antibiotics alone. The bacteria apparently have no problem using our most trusted weapons against them as
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Best of Design Democracy '08: Accessories
We've been spotlighting Design Democracy '08 a lot this week; we love the idea of combining design, technology, mass customization and local manufacturing. The design competition that's looking at reconfiguring the way we consume things is confident
