Who says you can't outrun old age?

Billy Joel said "only the good die young." He was wrong. The poor and the middle class die younger, too.

Three markets were chosen as America's favorites. Was your favorite market at the top?

Tristram Stuart's book "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal" argues that pigs can help alleviate world hunger by eating the scraps of wealthier countries,

A webinar with last year’s winners will kick off this year’s contest.

Food items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Experiences to consume in May: Spring is in full bloom -- get out there and experience it.

Opening day at the Collingswood Farmers Market in New Jersey is a huge success.

Quick and easy ideas for keeping your part of the 4th of July celebration local.

Commodities trader stockpiles crops and bets on high futures.

According to the Department of Agriculture, there are 5,279 farmers markets, large and small, in communities across America.

Find out if your favorite farmers market won in American Farmland Trust’s annual contest.

With May comes the opening of seasonal farmers markets in many regions of the country. What's the first thing you'll buy when your local market opens?

The results are in for American Farmland Trust’s 2011 America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Did your favorite market win?

Farmers markets are making news for encouraging reasons. Find out what’s happening around the country.

The initiative’s sponsors are looking at Vermont’s local food program as a model.

Don't miss out on the many lovely things available this spring at local farmers markets!

As seasonal farmers market begin to open, make sure you take what you need to be waste-free at the farmers market.

It's harder to eat local as the days get shorter, but it's possible. Here's how.

You’ve brought home fresh, local, seasonal produce from the farmers market. Now get creative with it in your kitchen.

A list of the best new cookbooks for summer has me making a list of the books I already have to cook from this season.

On “Live with Kelly and Michael,” the talk show host gave a shout out to the “greatest farm stand in South Jersey.”

Police chief refuses to intervene and offers his support for the rights of breastfeeding mothers.

The Honey Flavor and Aroma Wheel will help tasters detect if there is the flavor of cotton candy or smell of locker room in their honey.

Amazon's Farmers Market Direct program brings farmers extra business while delivering produce picked by a personal shopper to your doorstep.

You can fight obesity, reduce hunger and support your local farmers — all at the same time.

Learn about the importance of the city that marks a dividing line in the Mississippi River.

Video: Alexandra Cousteau and Expedition Blue Planet follow Colorado's dry riverbed to its historic mouth in the Upper Gulf of California.

Alexandra Cousteau ventures out of sight, deep into the cool world of New Mammoth Cave in Tennessee.

Alexandra Cousteau speaks with Pitt, who points out we have hit the age of limits on the Colorado.

After a 42-year battle, the Petitcodiac River flows freely again.

Video: Alexandra Cousteau revisits the TVA Kingston Coal Ash Spill, which was six times larger than the Gulf oil spill.

Learn simple ways to make household cleaners that are cheap and safe to use.

Video: Get green tips from Arianna Huffington and Nancy O'Dell.

Clark Howard offers more money saving tips on weather stripping and light bulbs.

Geometric crystal ornaments bring on the color, and they're easy to make too.

The tags show that you took the extra time to make your gift special.

Keep your old TV and get an EnergyStar DTA converter if you want to take the environmentally friendly route.

NREL’s new Research Support Facilities basement maze will help cut energy use by two-thirds.

Despite lawsuits, the DOE awards the all-electric auto manufacturer its first big government loan.

Oct. 30 is National Weatherization Day 2009, and awareness events are planned across the country.

Banks won't touch them they are so financially risky. So why does Obama want U.S. taxpayers to fund nuclear plants when there is a 50% chance they will fail?

In the past, this season has brought bad news to nuclear power advocates. This year, everything is turning up roses.

Two separate projects funded by the Department of Energy are offering free home chargers. The only drawback? You have to pay for the electric vehicle.

Administration stimulus spending has jump-started an unstoppable EV revolution, says President Obama. Because of the Recovery Act, the cars will plummet in cost

Like nowhere else, early-adopter state California is subsidizing electric cars and the chargers they'll need to plug into. It's one more reason to move to the G

Sandia National Laboratories is investing $8.5 million in four projects that are part of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) program.

Although refrigerators continue to grow in size and become more tricked out, new standards will also require them to be drastically more energy efficient.

The U.S. Department of Energy is providing a $50 million loan to Vehicle Production Group for the creation of an eco-friendly accessible car.

The U.S. energy secretary is the highest-ranking official yet to address Congress about federal aid to the bankrupt solar company.