Bloomberg plans to get New Yorkers composting
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg plans to announce a new composting plan that aims to divert 100,000 tons of food scraps from landfills each year and become mandatory city-wide by 2016.
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Pear and spinach salad with caramelized onions and blue cheese [Vegetarian]
This fantastic salad can be served as a main course for dinner, with its sweet and savory flavors that are oh so satisfying.
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Industry fight against Meatless Monday won't stop consumer trend
Pushback from conventional livestock producers on the campaign to reduced meat consumption seems like a desperate measure.
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Rich and cheesy kale gratin [Vegetarian]
This rather decadent dish is a wonderful way to have kale on a chilly night.
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The Farmery is a radical vision of what farms and grocery stores can be
What if you could grow and sell food in the same place? That is the radical idea behind Ben Greene's The Farmery project. Can this revolutionize our current food transportation system?
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Arugula salad with thyme-toasted walnuts [Vegetarian]
Super simple and yet so elegant, this salad features the flavor of walnuts toasted in olive oil and thyme leaves.
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The Future of Food
The Guardian spills its guts about a future where we eat bugs, fake meat, GM rice and the packages it all came in.
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Learn and laugh: 5 food waste videos
Created for World Environment Day, these videos illustrate the global issue of food waste with both humor and gravity.
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A Greedy Man In A hungry World (Book Review)
Jay Rayner questions everything we hold dear and true about local and seasonal food, farmers markets and the food system.
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Spicy sauteed tofu with wild mushrooms and a ginger-garlic sauce [Vegan]
This simple meal comes together quickly, is packed with protein to satisfy your hunger, and is full of flavor to satisfy your taste buds.
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Happy Father's Day. Here's an old gift guide for you.
We didn't do a gift guide this year, but we are big on recycling.
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Roasted beet salad with green apple, feta and pistachios [Vegetarian]
This colorful salad is filled with flavor and texture, from the sweetness of roasted beets to tart, crunchy apples to savory pisachios. It is a satisfying option for every mood.
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Food revolution reading list from Michael Pollan and Ruth Reichl
Recommended reading from two of America's biggest food writers.
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Hurry! 4 Days left in the Instructables Green Design Contest
There's just a few more days to submit your project to this fun contest, with the chance to win some great prizes!
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15 Simple and easy recipes for June
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, we have recipes you'll love trying out this month.
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Avocado salad with roasted peanuts and ginger dressing [Vegan]
This bright, Asian-inspired salad features a zippy ginger dressing and salty roasted peanuts for a flavor that will wake you right up on a lazy afternoon.
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NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade Inspires Volunteers
More on the inspiration created when Sierra Club Puerto Rico and Sierra Club NYC volunteers helped gather tons of recycling at Sunday's NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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As vandals deface U.S. parks, some point to social media as part of the problem
A recent piece in the New York Times looks at the disturbingly sharp rise in vandalism in state and national parks, and at how social media is part of the problem and, possibly, part of the solution.
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Artist's experimental greenhouse uses sugar for glass panes (Video)
Inspired by solitary cabins of old, this multi-coloured solarium uses hardened sugar for its transparent skin.
