Is this carrot-based animal feed additive something worth crowing about?

The company should really be called 'Eggland's Worst,' based on how these poor animals are treated.

Everyone is jumping up and down for joy at the fact that McDonald's is now serving antibiotic-free chicken. Please, let's not ignore everything else that's so wrong with the company.

The chicken-producing giant is desperate to rebrand itself as an ethical, transparent poultry producer.

A new investigative report from Viva! reveals that conditions for laying hens are as hellish and squalid as ever, even if they're labelled free-range.

With an increase in salmonella cases this year, health officials are pointing the finger at hobby farmers, which isn't entirely fair.

It's a disappointing conclusion, but surely there are other reasons why Earth-friendly food production is a good idea.

The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days.

A few intrepid film makers went to check it out. Their responses were not exactly uniform.

If these drugs have a fattening effect on livestock animals, it's logical that they would do the same for humans.

The fast food chain has taken last year's promise to eliminate antibiotics from pizza a step further.

Cargill Meat is recalling 132,600 pounds of beef products nationwide that may be contaminated with E. coli.

The premature deaths are linked to excessive breeding.

Another massive recall raises questions about food safety standards -- and how animals are raised.

Few things make as much sense as eating a harmful species, while sparing the threatened ones.

Report also provides a blueprint for how to overhaul the food system to improve wellbeing all around.

Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair.

What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban

From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: "Trick," the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan, this is a great

Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.

From South Korean design studio DesignJoo comes the Giro One, the piece that lets you put your own spin on your shelves, lighting, and side tables. The concept is simple: shelves can be added and their height adjusted by spinning them

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste -- on less money -- but with more design. He calls it LifeEdited. To find each ideal piece of furniture for his small Ne

I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm

Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.

Also spotted at the recent edition of the Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts: multi-purpose objects and small

All images via Ryan Frank. Ryan Frank may have moved his design studio to the sunnier climes of Barcelona, but he is still getting great commissions back in London, where he's made a name for his funky ways with reclaimed materials. The latest project

Perfect idea for spaces with poor air quality: a multi-functional hanging lamp that grows air-purifying plants.

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.

Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.

Forbes reports on how General Motors is recycling or reusing "90 percent of its manufacturing waste."

From the impressive Vienna Vegetable Orchestra to hand-carved pipes and whistles in Japan, these creative people know how to find music anywhere, even in the crisper.

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.

These transforming shoes can go from flat to a stylish stiletto within seconds.

Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

They are cheaper and better than ever, and doing it can cut energy consumption for lighting by up to 90 percent.

Mini-spots, reflectors and candelabra bulbs were supposed to become more efficient next year, saving 80 billion kWh.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

But maybe he should.

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

Architects are finally taking it seriously. It's about time.

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.

With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.

Not to mention getting buried in dirt or building with it.

Who says newsletters are old school? We pick the best of each day's TreeHugger and add a little je ne sais quoi

With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.

Also, much ado about nothing.

It's new. It's improved. It's fun. It's free.

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.