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An Unappealing Appeal In a ruling certain to discourage communities that don’t want a factory farm as a neighbor,  the Illinois Supreme Court denied an appeal filed by residents who are being sued for $300,000 in damages after their unsuccessful attempts to have environmental issues addressed before construction of a Cargill affiliated pork CAFO.
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Meet FLUPSY (Floating Upweller System), the solar and wind powered clam nursery.  This brilliant boat is good for the economy (because it’s increasing the number of clams in Hempstead Bay) and good for the bay (because the clams they’re growing are bivalves and help filter it) and it utilizes only renewable energy.  Love it.  From [...]

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The term “activist designer” may sound kind of funny to those of us who associate designers with swanky showrooms and high-end hedonism. But there’s a growing cadre of designers, architects, and do-it-yourselfers whose clientele is the citizens of the world, instead of the privileged few.
They’re pooling their tremendous talents through a non-profit organization called Project [...]

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It surprised us to learn that despite the many farms on the island and the trees everywhere dripping with citrus, many of the children living on Maui don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables and have no idea how they grow or where they come from.

It turns out that despite a long-standing agricultural heritage and the lush environment for growing, over 90% of the food eaten on this island is imported–yet another example of our food system gone topsy turvy.

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Next time you look at a bunch of broccoli, think of those stalks and florets as a bouquet bursting with beneficial compounds. Açai and goji berries may be the darlings of the superfood set, but there’s a reason why the Romans revered broccoli. Ounce for ounce, this offspring of a wild European cabbage packs an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

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