A new and more humane era may be dawning for animals as recognition spreads that, like human beings, they are sentient creatures who experience joy and feel pain and are entitled to legal protection.

Deforestation and other human activity is causing a decline in oxygen which is greater than the increase in carbon dioxide. There is a quick and easy solution that no one wants to talk about.

Farmers in North America have few options when it comes to dealing with the Satan of corporations, Monsanto. They are damned to hell if they buy its products and are damned if they don’t.

Well-known spices are now becoming organic agriculture’s key weapons against insect pests as the industry tries to satisfy demands for fruits and veggies among the growing portion of consumers who want food produced in more natural ways.

The nation’s food banks, struggling to meet demand in hard times, are turning to prison inmates for free labor to help feed the hungry.

In response to over-priced and hazardous industrial food more people are choosing to grow their own food – wherever they can.

A boy who had to leave school at 14 shows the world how to harness wind energy by using dumped objects.

Humans have disrupted the Earths biogeochemical cycles and the delicate balance required to sustain life is under serious threat.

New research shows that chemicals commonly found in industrial food may contribute to alzheimers and cancer. Another good reason to eat only organic food.

It seems that the old aphorism is true: An apple a day can actually keep the doctor away. Make that an apple, beans, almonds and a handful of other foods known to lower levels of LDL cholesterol (the bad kind).

When First Lady Michelle Obama planted an organic vegetable garden on the White House’s South Lawn back in March, she was praised by sustainable food activists and local school children alike. Now, the First Lady is faced with a grim, because of lead found in the garden’s soil.