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Green Dog of the Year Contest Gallery 14

NN and Eukanuba are looking for the Green Dog of the Year. Enter your dog for a chance to win a year's supply of Eukanuba Naturally Wild Formula dog food. We'




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Green Dog of the Year Contest Gallery 15

What does a green dog do? Check out the contestants. Enter your dog now!




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Green Dog of the Year Contest Gallery 16

NN and Eukanuba are looking for the Green Dog of the Year. Enter your dog for a chance to win a year's supply of Eukanuba Naturally Wild Formula dog food. We'r




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Green Dog of the Year Contest Gallery 17

MNN and Eukanuba are looking for the Green Dog of the Year. Enter your dog for a chance to win a year's supply of Eukanuba Naturally Wild Formula dog food. We'r




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Green Dog of the Year Contest Gallery 18

What does a green dog do? Check out the contestants. Enter your dog now!




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What does a green dog do? Check out the contestants. Enter your dog now!




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Meet the top 10 Green Dogs of the Year

Check out the top entries from MNN's Green Dog of the Year Contest!




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Retweet MNN and win the documentary 'The End of the Line'

3 MNN Twitter fans will win a DVD of 'The End of the Line,' a documentary about overfishing that is narrated by Ted Danson.



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Green giveaway: Martha Stewart Clean

Become a fan of MNN on Facebook and be automatically entered to win the entire fabulous line of Martha Stewart Clean natural cleaning products!




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Green giveaway: Target eco-starter kit

Fan MNN on Facebook and you'll be automatically entered to win an organic kit that will help you score green cred before you leave the house in the morning.




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Fan MNN on Facebook and win an eco-friendly bird feeder

Spruce up your backyard with this must-have bird feeder.




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Fan MNN on Facebook and win an eco-friendly picnic basket set

Become a fan and win this wine and cheese picnic basket set with accessories.



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Become a fan of MNN on Facebook and win a free backyard food garden

One of our lucky Facebook followers will have an organic backyard food garden created at their home by professionals.



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Win canning supplies from Ball® to preserve the season's bounty

Fans of Mother Nature Network's Facebook page can win a box full of green, limited-edition Ball® canning jars and much more.




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What to drink this weekend: Hot Tipsy Cow

What happens when you heat up a Rum Cow? It becomes a soul-warming, winter cocktail.




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You'll want to drink bourbon with these people

Six West-Coasters do a Kentucky Bourbon taste test. It gets funny.




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Are you in on the bourbon boom?

Whether you're drinking it on one really large rock, mixing cocktails with it, or cooking with it, chances are you’re at least dabbling in the brown liquor.




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How to make a mint julep, 2 ways

Mint is front and center in this classic cocktail synonymous with the Kentucky Derby. You can choose how you want to make it, though.




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Would you drink a kale cocktail?

Get past your initial skepticism and try adding a little kale juice to your gin.




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How to make a Prickly Pear Margarita

Prickly pear margaritas are a delicious introduction to this fierce fruit.




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Backyard Picnic Bradford: A foraged cocktail

Honeysuckle and lemon balm foraged from the backyard or your farmers market flavor this vodka cocktail.




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Anty Gin is flavored with 62 ants

Made in the U.K. from the essence of foraged ants, this gin is not a joke.




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Straitsville Special: Moonshine with a smoky past

Ohio’s first legal moonshine distillery makes its home in a town with a fascinating bootlegging past.




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The Locavore Strawberry Daiquiri

Local rum, strawberries and honey go into this classic frozen cocktail.




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Pistachio cocktails? Try a Pistachio Ginger Mule

Vodka infused with pistachio shells adds nutty savoriness to the kick of a classic mule.




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​Blueberries and whiskey together? Why not?

For the Fourth of July, try this cocktail made with an American bourbon and blueberries.




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Drunken Cherry Lemonade

Use fresh, seasonal cherries to make a simple syrup for this fruity cocktail.




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Cherry-Lemon Shandy

This beer cocktail just may win over non-beer drinkers.




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Labor-free cocktails for Labor Day Weekend

Make your sipping simple this holiday weekend with these easy-to-throw-together drinks.




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Sip a tasty rum from a sustainable distillery

Rum Diplomatico has a very rare certification for environmental awareness.




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Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam Vodka Tonic

You make jam in the summer, but you can enjoy it year-round when you make this tasty drink.




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5 gift ideas for the mixologist in your life

Do you have friends who are always throwing parties? We've got the tools to make them happy.




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What to drink during 'Dry January'

If you're forgoing alcohol this January, keep your taste buds entertained with these non-alcoholic drinks.




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Are you giving up drinking in January?

'Drynuary' was created to offset the wretched excess of the holidays, but is it beneficial?




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This cannabis-infused vodka tastes more like gin (and it won't get you high)

The 2014 farm bill removed some of the barriers to growing hemp. Humboldt Distillery ran with it.




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When life gives you chickens, make cocktails

Lifestyle blogger Kate Richards opens up about the feathery inspiration behind her boozy masterpieces.




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3 fun, fruity, end-of-summer Labor Day cocktails

Open up the liquor cabinet, pull out your shaker, and celebrate your hard work with a cocktail.




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Can 'skinny' drinks offset your holiday calories?

Low-calorie cocktails abound, even if they're not labeled as such. The key is knowing the amount of alcohol and sugar in what you're drinking.




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Anyone up for a savory cocktail made with chicken or beef broth?

Stocktails are simply savory cocktails made with broth, and we talk to an expert about why they're such a hit.




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Creating more 'maple-ier' syrup in Vermont

The Maple Guild produces organic, non-GMO syrup from the largest sugar bush in the world.



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Add water to whisky to intensify the flavor

Diluting whisky makes it more flavorful, according to a study out of Linnaeus University in Sweden.




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How to get more juice from your limes

This simple lime-cutting hack gives you more juice and has the added benefit of less cleanup when you're done.




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5 eggnog-esque creamy holiday drinks

Shake up your holiday drink options with these creamy cocktails that aren't eggnog.




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7 holiday punch recipes

A festive punch lets your guests know you're ready to celebrate.




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7 beer cocktails for your Super Bowl party

Add variety to your football-viewing drink choices with these beer cocktails.




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5 ways to enjoy boozy seltzer

Seltzer that's low in alcohol and calories is all the rage.




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6 zero-proof cocktails for your Super Bowl Party

Try these non-alcoholic cocktails, zero-proof cocktails. Your non-imbibing friends will thank you for giving them great choices.




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The history of the Shirley Temple

How did the Shirley Temple, the grandmother of all non-alcoholic cocktails, come to be?




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The mint julep is the Kentucky Derby's official drink because people love to steal glasses

Stealing bar glasses to keep as a souvenir goes way back and plays a key role in the mint julep, Kentucky Derby relationship.




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Messenger spacecraft provides surprising new information on Mercury

Mercury is not just hellishly hot but apparently covered in brimstone. A vast part of the planet is covered with dried lava – enough to bury the state of Tex