BY: MAX PAYNE So you don’t have enough space for a garden? Or worse, you lack the lights for growing and learn that most plants cannot live without sufficient lights. Hydroponics can be a viable solution to your situation. First…
Torba is banning western food in an aim to get healthier
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Travelling to the Torba province in Vanuatu, a group of islands in the South Pacific, you’ll be treated to fresh crab, yams and pineapple. Unfortunately, you’ll have to leave your sweet tooth at home, as you will…
Earth-friendly food – How we can save the world by changing our diets
It’s no exaggeration to say that our food eating habits are the biggest long term threat to the environment. In the wake of the depressing news that the Brazilian government has just passed a bill to destroy up to 860,000…
How to go cruelty-free and avoid animal testing
BY RHIANN MOORE Going cruelty-free, particularly with cosmetics, can seem like a daunting task at first. Walking through the local drug store people typically look for the sales, without giving much of a thought to the bunnies and mice trapped…
GMOs are not as terrible as everyone thinks they are
GMOs have a noted terrible reputation, but the fact is, as long as people are kept aware and the food is consistently tested for safety they are actually perfectly healthy and great for the environment. In 2017 there’s really no…
The non-browning apple sets out to change consumers’ minds about GMOs
BY: RHIANN MOORE The Arctic apple has been trotted out as a game changer in the misunderstood and massively hated GMO market. Canadian company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has spent years developing a non-browning apple with biotech firm Intrexon. The idea…
This is the first state in India to switch to 100% organic farming
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA People living in Sikkim, India don’t have to make a trip to Whole Foods to get their hands on organic produce. That’s because the entire state now only farms organic food, the first in all of India.…
For $455 this course will teach you everything you need to know about living off-grid and organically
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS In the mountain range of the Czech Republic, beside the Slovakian border is a village of houses made from natural materials, all built by the residents that occupy them. The Ekoosade—ecoVillages in English—is isolated from the rest…
The food you’re eating could be killing you…slowly
By: JACK M. It’ll hardly come as a shock to learn that so-called “experts” frequently disagree. Put three experts in a room to work on some problem, and there’s a fair chance you’ll get three different opinions. And it doesn’t…