Thanks to our oil addiction, such a world would include rolling blackouts, minimal transportation, dwindling food supplies and possibly war.

A '100% self-supporting housing solution for the post-oil world,' the Oil Silo Home concept makes use of the thousands of oil storage units that will inevitably

By 2030, America could surpass Saudi Arabia in terms of crude output. That's great for energy independence, but it's not all good news.

It's just not possible to feed meat to the 7 billion (and growing) people on planet Earth.

The USDA has released its new, healthier standards for school lunches. Is everyone optomistic?

The USDA has updated its planting-zones map for the first time in 22 years, reflecting a warmer U.S. where many southern crops are expanding north.

Sensational headlines and varying reports about a North Carolina school lunch incident would have us think so.

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

Consumers get outraged when they realize that foods labeled 'all-natural' contain genetically engineered ingredients. But GMO-free is

The winner of the Apps for Healthy Kids contest sponsored by Let’s Move allows kids build a healthy meal from ingredients online, and they can send those meal

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan will answer questions about Know Your Farmer Know Your Food and other local foods questions.

Looks like the USDA forgot its 'A' stands for all agriculture and not just beef this week, and Monsanto might have more power than the federal court system. It'

In a recently released video, the first lady talks up the healthy new choices that kids will see in their school lunches this year

Looking for plant hardiness zones? This useful map shows which plants you can grow in your garden based on temperatures in your area.

The Non-GMO Project received USDA approval to label meat from animals fed a diet that didn’t contain genetically modified ingredients as Non-GMO.

A pilot project in Ithaca, N.Y. will rent space in a community freezer for people to store bulk meat purchases.

What good can an additional serving of fruit or vegetables a day do?

New rules will require breeders who sell pets online to have a USDA permit. They also must pay an annual licensing fee and consent to random inspections.

What will happen to WIC, SNAP and the federal school lunch program if the shutdown is prolonged?

This unknown American hero led the development of one of the most significant technological innovations of the 20th century.

In Mexico, a drug cartel is extorting money from avocado producers and killing those who won’t pay. There’s no perfect way to avoid buying them.

Food and Water Watch parodies “Portlandia’s” awesome chicken sketch to make a point about factory farming inspections and urges consumers to take action.

A new report has some sobering statistics about how much food is wasted on the retail and consumer ends of the food chain.

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.

New dietary guidelines put a limit on added sugar, and changed their tune on dietary cholesterol. Good news for egg lovers.

The government no longer requires Country of Origin Labeling on meat, and the USDA has rescinded a grass-fed beef label.

On the heels of the government's dietary guidelines, Environmental Working Group releases its own version, free from food industry interference.

A petition to to the USDA to allow food stamps to be used online could make affordable, healthy foods easily available to people in food deserts.

USDA releases final rules for GMOs in our food, but they call them bioengineered foods instead. Here's what you need to know.

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 1

As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into

Wild geoengineering schemes may aim to reverse global warming by reflecting sunlight into space or storing excess carbon dioxide, but they won't spare humanity

With a focus on solar, schools and citizen entrepreneurs, Global Green USA formally announces its plan to help devastated-by-Sandy communities in New York and N

Scientists say the consequences of sea-level rise could be 'horrible.'

Sharp reductions in short-lived airborne pollutants could significantly slow sea level rise before 2100

A new report from Climate Central finds that most of the overflow was caused by coastal flooding, which was made worse by rising sea levels.

A new study shows that coral reef-building is more complex than Darwin thought.

NASA's new map combined radar, sound waves and electromagnetic instruments to peer beneath Antarctica's ice.

The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York's future: A city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone.

The mission aims to track the potential impact of methane and carbon dioxide emissions on climate change.

Georgia’s coast is currently protected from hurricanes by a series of barrier islands, but their value is decreasing as sea levels rise.

Could the plight of one Kiribati family foreshadow a future inundated with climate-change castaways?

Protecting private property by replenishing storm-damaged beaches may be an exercise in futility

A new study shows that 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are at risk, bringing to light the cultural implications of climate change.

This winter, the Arctic ice cap expanded to a total of 5.76 million square miles — one of the lowest areas on record since 1979.

The catastrophic collapse of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet is underway.

As ice melts, Antarctica's ground is rebounding at a surprising rate. Scientists think it's because the Earth's mantle is flowing faster there.

As if rising sea levels and more intense weather weren't bad enough. The newest negative effect of climate change? The rising dead.

From N.H. to Nova Scotia, Ancient forests emerge only during rare periods of extreme low tide.

Longer days are yet another profound consequence of global warming.