Chicago just got a little greener. The city approved a ban that will stop grocery stores from offering plastic bags for customers. The proposal was backed by the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and passed in a 36-10 vote on Wednesday.
How farm to market-based solutions can take organic to the next level
Why do organic foods cost what they do? The online trading platform Mercaris provides up-to-date information on organic crop prices and makes it available to farmers and and grocery stores. Grist interviews founder Kellee James.
DJ Turner and The Spark Documentary
Nat Turner was a teacher in New York when the plight of the lower 9th
ward in hurricane ravaged New Orleans moved him to drive a blue school
bus there. Nat turned the ruin of a grocery store into an alternative
school for at-risk youth. While teaching his students he pays them to
grow food, which he sells to local restaurants to support the school.
What Makes Food Different from Herbs
When we refer to something as a food, we are describing a substance that we can masticate, salivate and digest, and through internal processes, assimilate its nutrients and minerals into vital energy and cellular mass.
Tonight’s Solar Eclipse Forecast
What’s in store for us this eclipse season? Tonight it begins with a solar eclipse in the sign of Pisces!
The Self-Healing Brain
Are we stuck with the brains we’re born with, or are we capable of fundamental change? Will Storr investigates the myths and truths of neuroplasticity.
A New Perspective: How Ibogaine Treatment Helped Turn My Life Around
Ibogaine and aftercare helped me remain completely abstinent from drugs and alcohol for the entire year following treatment. My recovery continues, and I remain abstinent today—over four years since taking ibogaine.
Costco sells more organic food than Whole Foods
Costco’s doesn’t have the same hip veneer as Whole Foods, but apparently, the bulk-carrying, spacious warehouse sells more organic products per year.
Free Will Astrology: Week of May 21
Here are this week’s horoscopes, featuring an infusion of curious joy from the threshold between the worlds.
Self-medication in animals much more widespread than believed
Animals are their own pharmacologists, and recent studies find that animals exhibit a far greater degree of foresight when it comes to medicating themselves and their offspring than previously thought.
