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Demand for high-end honey prompts beehive crime wave

Vandalism, theft and bee murder rock New Zealand's manuka honey industry.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Comestible: Food journal examines big issues through the lens of food

The new quarterly journal Comestible is a grab-a-big-cup-of-coffee-and-read-from-cover-to-cover kind of publication.




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9 wooly facts about darling babydoll sheep

Babydoll Southdown sheep are tiny — and chock full of personality.




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What does that chocolate label mean?

Your favorite chocolate may not be fair trade certified. Here's a guide to 8 of the most common sustainable cocoa certifications.




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Earthworms do double-duty at Fetzer Vineyards

Earthworms decontaminate water and create vineyard fertilizer at Fetzer Vineyards as part of regenerative sustainability program.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Corn-based diet turns hamsters into cannibals

Pellagra, which is caused by a deficiency in vitamin B3 (niacin), showing up in hamsters because of large-scale monoculture.




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Potatoes can be grown on Mars, study shows

Food can be grown under Martian conditions, making future Mars settlements even more feasible.




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If you don't like bugs, you should love spiders

Spiders eat several hundred million tons of insects per year, a new study finds, a global feast rivaling the yearly meat intake of humans.




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Seattle businesses are slipping on Amazon's 1.7 million free bananas

By giving away free bananas in Seattle, Amazon is disrupting local businesses.




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How bees, coffee beans and climate change are inextricably linked

Coffee-growing regions are set to lose key pollinators like bees by midcentury due to climate change.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

b

10 of the country's best state and county fairs

These grand get-togethers take us back to America's farming roots. Demolition derbies, pig shows, rides and fried everything await.



  • Arts & Culture

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Cheerios has a free, beautiful way for you to help save the bees

Company continues seed giveaway despite pushback.




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'Rebel' farmers launch second organic label

A new label will certify foods grown in soil and animal products from pastured animals and would rule out hydroponic and aquaponic techniques.




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Why the Amazon rainforest could be devastated by the U.S.-China trade war

Beijing turns to Brazil to make up for its shortfall in U.S.-grown soya beans.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Apple trees are mysteriously dying all across America and nobody knows why

In some regions, as many as 80 percent of trees could be in danger from RAD or rapid apple decline.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Basil gets tastier with 24-hour light

MIT scientists are creating "climate recipes" for basil using computer algorithms or cyber agriculture.




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Tomatoes tasted much better 100 years ago. Can their flavor be restored?

Researchers are digging deeper into how tomato flavors have changed over time, and now they've found a specific gene that's missing in many modern varieties.




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A beekeeper solves his thieving bear problem by making them taste testers

A Turkish farmer recruits local bears to test his sweet wares.




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Scientists warn the world is about to reach 'peak meat'

Scientists say we have 10 years to dramatically restructure the livestock industry.



  • Climate & Weather

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In British election, millennials turned the tide

British Prime Minister Theresa May is avocado toast after young people rise up to vote.




b

Rescued baby pig feels the sun for the first time

Bella the pig lost his siblings and even a eye on a factory farm in Queensland, Australia, before he found a safe home.




b

One woman met a stray dog — and changed everything for a forgotten breed

Tina Solera made it her life's mission to save the galgo, a traditional dog of Spain that has fallen into deep disregard.




b

That moment when an angry shelter dog breaks down — and demands to be loved

Elaine Seamans didn't give up on the dog named Negra — even after he snapped at her.




b

A cow's incredible bid for freedom ends in tragedy

For a time, this cow was the sole inhabitant of her own private island in Poland. She swam there to avoid slaughter.




b

U.K. to ban wild animals in circuses

British government prohibits wild animals in U.K. circuses by 2020, joining similar bans in Scotland and Ireland.




b

Flint water whistleblower wins the Goldman Environmental Prize

Meet LeeAnne Walters, the Flint mother fighting for clean water in her community and elsewhere. For her efforts, she won the Goldman Environmental Prize.




b

Abandoned baby coyotes find their voices for the first time

Newborn coyotes whose mother disappeared are saved by a wildlife rehabilitator and are singing like angels.




b

How one teacher's incredible urge to run is sending her students to college

A teacher in a rural community in Virginia is running 100 miles in 24 hours to send her students to college.




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Police officers find homes for a box of kittens left on the road

The shelter was swamped with calls to adopt dumped kittens.




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Do pit bulls make good therapy dogs?

Every kind of dog can be a feel-good story wrapped in fur. Just ask King, the former shelter dog who has inspired countless people.




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How a shelter pup beat a deadly virus and found his way to a rock star's heart

Paul Phillips and Karen Perry were still mourning their old dog when Zeppelin crashed into their lives.




b

The way animals are treated in Liberia is changing, and children are leading the way

Through the animal welfare group he founded, Morris Darbo is saving more than the lives of animals.




b

A Georgia couple met a dog breed they had never seen — and became their champions

Galgopod creates a lifeline for some of the world's most tragic dogs.




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This cat — and many others like her — spent most of her life as a lab test subject

This rescue group is shining a light the countless animals who spend their lives in labs.




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This is what happened to the puppy who was almost killed for being the 'wrong' kind of dog

A puppy named Dallas who was almost euthanized without ever leaving the shelter just landed a dream job: As a police K9.




b

How a dog found in a garbage pile in Egypt found his calling in America

Lucky was a broken street dog until he journeyed half a world away to inspire others.




b

A dog who spent her life on a chain checks off a bucket list she never knew she had

Miss Willie the dog spent 12 years on a chain before she finally got to see the world.




b

Secret Service honors George H.W. Bush with their favorite memory of the former president

In 2013, Bush shaved his head in solidarity with a young toddler with leukemia.




b

Why Brits are tossing empty potato chip bags in the mail, not the trash

An anti-plastic campaign directed at the Britain's most beloved crisp company is leading to changes in packaging and recycling.




b

How WildArk is saving biodiversity, one safe haven at a time

WildArk wants to inspire action that encourages conservation action and community engagement.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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This grandmother spent 2018 cleaning up British beaches — and she's not done

Pat Smith, 70, successfully completed a New Year's resolution to visit and help clean 52 beaches in 2018.



  • Arts & Culture

b

Is there a reason toothpaste has to be in a box?

An online petition is calling on toothpaste manufacturers to drop cardboard box packaging.




b

They braved a war-torn region to rescue 47 animals from the 'Zoo of Sorrow'

47 animals were saved after a daring mission to a zoo in the Gaza Strip.




b

'Gruesome Grannies' and 10-year-olds shut down London for the Extinction Rebellion

This revolution isn't being led by baby boomers, but they are a big part of it.




b

Some blind people can 'see' with their ears

Daniel Kish is leading the way for research on echolocation and blind people because of his self-taught ability to navigate smoothly without sight.




b

Get ready to celebrate 'Indigenous Peoples Day'

Efforts to replace Columbus Day gain momentum across the nation.



  • Arts & Culture

b

Celebrating 50 years of R&D

For five decades, Southern Company’s research and development (R&D) organization has been leading industry innovation to deliver more value to customers.




b

What is biochar?

Biochar removes CO2 from the air, improves soil quality, creates clean energy, and it's surprisingly easy to come by.




b

A beautiful thing happened after coal-fired plants were shut down in the U.S.

A new study finds dramatic benefits locally from shutting down coal plants.




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The 'most famous bike trail in the world' may be leased to oil companies

The federal government is proposing opening up Utah's Sand Flats to drilling.