Meet the smart farm you can control with a smartphone
Feb 21, 2014, 1:07 pm By acortes2014
Repurposed shipping containers have long enjoyed a place in the spotlight of sustainable development…Farmers fed their hogs ground up piglet intestines … but, um, for a good cause?
Feb 21, 2014, 12:51 pm By slaskow
Well, this is horrifying. A bunch of piglets at a hog farm contracted “porcine epidemic diarrhea…In new Pacific trade talks leak, “climate” becomes the unmentionable
Feb 21, 2014, 12:37 pm By Heather Smith
Time to get excited, everyone: There’s a freshly leaked document from the Trans-Pacific…Baby poop could make sausage healthier
Feb 21, 2014, 9:40 am By hrichmond
Can you give sausage the health benefits of probiotic yogurt by fermenting it with bacteria from…Microscrewed: Why California’s drought could muck up local beers
Feb 21, 2014, 7:05 am By samanthalarson
By now we’ve all heard that this year’s dry spell has left California officially screwed. With…Turn California’s drought into a game with the water-saving equivalent of Flappy Bird
Feb 20, 2014, 4:57 pm By jesszimmerman
Sure, if you live in drought-stricken California, it’s very important that you save water. But…These blind rescued cows are best friends, and our hearts just exploded
Feb 20, 2014, 3:37 pm By jesszimmerman
No YOU’RE totally sniffling over this video of Sweety, a blind cow rescued from a slaughterhouse…Nebraska judge throws a big wrench in Keystone XL pipeline works
Feb 20, 2014, 3:05 pm By Heather Smith
President Obama rejected TransCanada’s proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Jan. 18,…New Hot Pockets flavor: Diseased animal meat!
Feb 20, 2014, 9:44 am By hrichmond
Hot Pockets — the impressively flavorless doughy pouch encircling questionable meat and cheese —…Ask Umbra: Can I feed feral pigs to Fido? Should I?
Feb 20, 2014, 6:07 am By ghanscom
Send your question to Umbra! Q. Wild/feral pigs/boars: I see their overpopulation is a problem in…Can farmed fish go vegetarian?
Feb 19, 2014, 8:17 pm By John Upton
The worldwide aquaculture industry is growing faster than a genetically engineered salmon. By 2030,…These are dark days for the Arctic — literally
Feb 19, 2014, 5:54 pm By John Upton
Things are getting gloomy up north, where the Arctic region is losing its albedo. No, not libido —…This amazing washing machine uses virtually no water
Feb 19, 2014, 4:24 pm By hrichmond
Xeros Nearly a quarter of the water your household uses goes into your washing machine, and the…Steyer may spend $100 million to push climate cause in midterms, but polluters will spend more
Feb 19, 2014, 4:06 pm By benadler
Fortune Live Media / ReutersA championship matchup: On the left, Tom Steyer. On the right, David…Obama to trucking industry: “No more rampant gas consumption for you!”
Feb 19, 2014, 3:09 pm By andrewseve
While members of Congress twiddle their thumbs and idly watch the Northeast and Midwest begin to…Lady Gaga will be making a water conservation PSA as penance for swimming pool video shoot
Feb 19, 2014, 3:01 pm By hrichmond
Lady Gaga chose California’s sprawling Hearst Castle as the setting for a “special creative…When Rush Holt retires, the House will lose a scientist and an environmental advocate
Feb 19, 2014, 2:36 pm By benadler
With the midterms coming and Republican control of the House of Representatives entrenched via…This guy wants to turn a piece of the old Bay Bridge into a house
Feb 19, 2014, 2:07 pm By slaskow
The old Bay Bridge, from San Francisco to Oakland, is being torn down, which raises a tricky…Elephants console friends by touching their junk
Feb 19, 2014, 1:11 pm By slaskow
Elephants, according to a new study, comfort each other when they’re sad. They make sympathetic…Watch 40 artists turn this empty building into an illegal graffiti paradise
Feb 19, 2014, 12:30 pm By slaskow
The street artist Hanksy knew you’d be into this project. The New York Times: After getting keys…
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