Take Action: National Conference to End Factory Farming

factory farming conference

I’ve got some good news for all those who care about decent treatment of animals. Farm Sanctuary is hosting its first-ever National Conference to End Factory Farming: For Health, Environment and Farm Animals this year — October 27-29 in the Washington, D.C. area. Attend if you can!

American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011

Horses

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 seeks to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.

The Real Reason Our Kids Should Cool it on the Apple Juice

girl drinking apple juice

There’s been quite a stink lately about apple juice, but it feels like what we’re missing here is the real story about apple juice, and it has nothing to do with arsenic.

Amerian Wasteland Winners

photo of American Wasteland author Jonathan Bloom by Ty Rhudy

We’ve chosen the winners for the copies of American Wasteland! There were two prizes, and we used a random number generator to pick both winners. They are…..

Up Close and Personal with Vegetable Husband

flowers and a vegetable basket

If you could get a behind-the-scenes look at a CSA, what sorts of things would you want to see?

5 Foods For Soft, Smooth, Shiny, Beautiful Hair

salmon for hair

Get hair like a Hollywood actress with these five powerful foods.

The Amazing Mint Revival!

mint revival

Confession time: I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but the mint plant out front took a turn for the horrible. The leaves and stems turned dark brown and brittle, and nothing new was happening. My friend Kip assured me that mint is hard to kill, and that sometimes it looks dead when really it isn’t. It was reassuring, but my plan was to reclaim that pot over this past weekend, while I was doing other fun things in the garden.

I headed out front on Sunday, and saw an amazing thing…