Money doesn't seem to go as far as it did even a few years ago, and raising a family while being green can be expensive if we believe all of the hype about buying more green stuff.

Canada's only vegetarian food bank is barely five months old and already serving more than 200 people from two locations, its founders say. "We've been very busy," says Jessica Smith. "And I have a feeling with the economy doing what it's doing,

Yahoo is hoping to convince its 500 million users worldwide to join Freecycle.org, a nonprofit devoted to finding new homes for just about anything people are getting rid of.

Monsanto's takeover of vegetable seed sector continues: plans to purchase Dutch co. With De Ruiter protected-culture varieties, may hit 85% total market control -& could increase, considering expansion of hothouse tomato production. Anti-trust action now?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - When wireless industry technicians speak of "green" cell towers these days, they're not just talking about making them look more like trees.

A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows

Ms. O'Brien encourages people to do what she did: throw out as much nonorganic processed food as you can afford to. Avoid anything genetically modified, artificially created or raised with hormones. Don't eat food with ingredients you can't pronounce.

Indonesia's peatland forests are a ticking "climate bomb" and Kit Kats, Pringles and other palm oil-based products are lighting the fuse, global conservation group Greenpeace said on Thursday.

As predicted by "radical' Activists- "booming world demand for Palm Oil from indonesia for food and "bio-fuels is posing multiple threats to the environment as the forests are clear cut......

Practical suggestions about everyday staples that are better for you if organic. Good info for those concerned about pesticides and hormones in food.