The focus is put on the small amount of local food among the non-local.

June 4 is the deadline to get accurate information to the USDA.

American Farmland Trust’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest is in full swing. Make sure your favorite market is in the running.

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?

We've also created a bucket list of farmers markets and a book review of 'Wild,' the book that everyone is talking about — even Oprah.

MSNBC offers some useful tips for making a trip to the local farmers market more productive.

Gift will help support farmers market and healthy bodega programs; Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at the launch event.

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

For a limited time, this well-reviewed cookbook with 60 recipes divided into the four seasons is free on Amazon for Kindle readers.

The ingredients for these perfect summer recipes soon will be hard to get. Make them now, or you’ll regret it for the next 10 months.

Soaring prices have made walnuts, almonds and other nuts a tempting target.

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.

It's the perfect time to stimulate your local economy during the USDA's National Farmers Week.

The real farmers market insiders share their secrets for making the most of your trip.

We may aspire to eat like foodies, but in reality, we often reach for 'familiar' fare.

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

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.

Alexandra Cousteau searches for the lost creeks that now flow under Toronto roadways.

Tour an organic farm and learn what makes it certified organic.

Video: Watch Farmer D and friends update a late summer garden for fall.

Get tips to go green & save money around the house.

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

Learn the keys to making smarter choices at the grocery store.

Learn how a home energy audit can save big money in monthly energy bills

Clark Howard tells Jennie Garlington about one of his favorite energy-saving devices

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

Learn simple tips to go green around your home and during the day from Laura Turner Seydel.

Laura Turner Seydel offers easy daily transportation tips to lessen your impact.

Learn how to make eco-smart decisions at home.

Learn what is green in the stimulus package.

Chuck talks trees, carbon audits and clean air with baseball legend Ryan Klesko on his tree farm.

Video: Danielle shows you how to celebrate Valentine's Day in an organic way.

DIY Christmas ornaments add nature to your decorations

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

California inaugurates the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor proving there's nothing 192 lasers and $3.5 billion can't do.

Before interviewing Energy Secretary Steven Chu, <i>The Daily Show</i> host Jon Stewart fell asleep talking about the Markey-Waxman energy bill.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal feels that his state doesn’t need green building codes.

The U.S. Energy Department wants you to save green by painting your roof white -- as long as it doesn't make your neighbors see red.

Two groups have received $80 million in funding from the ARRA for advanced biofuels research.

Google announces breakthrough in mirror technology that could cut the costs of solar thermal power in half.

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

DOE Recovery Act awards continue with the recent announcement of $92 million in funding for energy research programs.

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

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