Startup Builds 3 Huge Indoor Farms in Appalachia Turning Coal Country into Agricultural Hub
Based in Appalachia, Kentucky, AppHarvet's cutting edge indoor farms have delivered their first harvest of tomatoes to grocery stores.
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10 Ornamental Flowers You Can Cook With or Eat in Salads
Ornamental flowers are often edible, and here are 10 varieties great for salads, drinks, desserts, and stir fries.
A Map Shows Where Locals Can Find and Pick Wild Food for Free
The social enterprise Family Foraging Kitchen created a foraging Cornwall map as a valuable resource source for all and a way to offset the rising cost of living.
Eating Avocados Twice a Week is Linked With lowering Heart Disease by 16-22%
Eating two or more servings of avocado weekly was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and substituting avocado for certain fat-containing foods like butter, cheese, or processed meats was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease events, according to new research. Avocados contain dietary fiber, unsaturated fats especially monounsaturated fat (healthy fats), […]
Gardening Dad Just Broke World Record For Growing 1,269 Tomatoes on a Single Stem in his Tiny Greenhouse
Gardening dad Douglas Smith became a champion again, after claiming a world record for harvesting 1,269 tomatoes from a single stem.
Bangladesh's 'YouTube Village' Has 4 Million Subscribers Watching Elderly Villagers Cooking Extravagant Feasts
The videos feature hundreds of pounds of meat and vegetables, and offers a fascinating glimpse into everyday life.
Man Loads His Truck with Grill and Food to Help Tornado Victims in Kentucky
After tornados devastated Mayfield Kentucky, it was all hands to the grills, as nonprofits and individuals alike brought BBQ-relief to town.
Pittsburgh Woman's Food Rescue App Diverts 20 Million Pounds of Surplus into 17mil Meals For Those in Need
The FoodRescueHero app is now used by 13,000+ volunteer drivers in 15 cities to turn 20 million lbs of surplus food into 17 million meals.
Why Not Place a Mini Library in Your Front Yard?
While messing around and building things on his deck one day, Todd Bol took a dollhouse-size structure and turned it into a free community library that would have global impact. He started a movement called Little Free Library, a nonprofit that seeks to place small book exchange boxes in neighborhoods around the world. The idea has taken off, growing from 100 libraries in 2011 to 6,000 libraries in 2013.
Student Proves We Can Grow Millions of Pounds of Food By Planting it on Top of Trash
This young lady may have just found the solution to food insecurity – and while it may not sound very appetizing, it's pretty ingenious.
The Gangsta Gardener of South Central L.A.
A Los Angeles-based fashion designer is starting an urban garden revolution in his neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles. Instead of vacant lots -- the city owns miles and miles of these in LA county -- Ron Finley wants to help residents to plant a million tomato plants. He is co-founder of LA Green Grounds, a company that plants gardens at low-income homes as a part of a recovery system to transform neighborhoods.
UMass Students Transform Campus Lawn into Permaculture Food Garden
Planting begins this month for a group of students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who are pioneering a sustainable solution for campuses across the country. The UMass Permaculture Committee is transforming a 12,000 square foot conventional grass lawn into a sustainable permaculture garden for supplying fresh food to its campus community.
College Grads' New Company Recycles Coffee Grounds into Gourmet Mushrooms You Can Grow at Home
When two college students in Oakland discovered they could grow mushrooms in used coffee grounds, they started a company to recycle the waste from local cafes. Each morning the Back to the Roots team picks up 8,000 pounds of grounds in the back of a van and are on track this year to divert 3.5 million pounds of coffee grounds from landfills.
Vertical Farms Sprouting All Over the World
Urban warehouses, derelict buildings and high-rises are the last places you'd expect to find the seeds of a green revolution. But from Singapore to Scranton, Pennsylvania, vertical farms are promising a new, environmentally friendly way to feed the rapidly swelling populations of cities worldwide. In March, the world's largest vertical farm is set to open up shop in Scranton.
Whole Foods to Build First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse Atop Brooklyn Store
Whole Foods Market has partnered with Gotham Greens to build the nation's first commercial-scale rooftop greenhouse for growing year-round local produce atop the store in Brooklyn beginning this fall.
Texas Olive Garden Pays Couple's Tab Before Soldier Deploys
It had been a normal Sunday night for Dawn Ward, a waitress at the Olive Garden restaurant in Lubbock, Texas. Then, a married couple were seated and Ward thought they deserved ultra-generous care. They said they had a special event happening and they wanted to spend it here at Olive Garden, Ward said. And so I inquired what it was and they said that he was going to be deployed the next morning.
Another Vacant Warehouse Turned into Organic Urban Farm
The Hamm's Brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota closed in 1997, and now one of the vacant buildings is being renovated into an urban farm. A group called Urban Organics wants to bring more jobs, fresh vegetables and fish to restaurants and markets in the Twin Cities.
Passion for Artisan Bread Puts Wind in the Sails of Britain's Mills
A growing appetite for artisan bread produced by Britain's burgeoning army of small independent bakeries has set the wheels turning again in previously defunct windmills that have stood forlorn for decades, boosting a new generation of millers trying to meet the demand for traditional flour.
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