ON A COLD winter's day following a storm that covered the surrounding ground and trees in heavy snow, the wood-framed, canvas-covered yurt is snug and warm; its wool-felt insulation blanketing the interior with a pungent lanolin scent.

The fate of waste organic matter is very important, particularly at a time of concern about food supplies and soil fertility. When composted and returned to cultivation, organic matter provides multiple benefits. It locks carbon in soil; improves the str

As the world's leaders try to hammer out a new programme to slow global warming, the energy and mineral-rich state of Western Australia has begun a shift to wave power.

Despite oft-repeated claims by sources ranging from the UN to Paul McCartney, it is simply not true that consuming less meat and dairy products will help stop climate change, says a University of California authority on farming and greenhouse gasses.

The business of medical marijuana is rapidly evolving in Michigan, with Royal Oak preparing to pass the state's first zoning law to cluster professional growers and the opening in Southfield of a trade school teaching plant cultivation

I have been fascinated by the permanence and healing power of grassland for 15 years now. If we respect the great original wisdom of the prairies, I'm convinced we can heal the wounds inflicted on the American landscape by industrial agriculture.

Waitrose is to switch its own-brand foods to "sustainable" palm oil in a move intended to help prevent deforestation, climate change and other problems caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil. Setting out a radical new timetable on the

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PORTLAND, Oregon - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

With rooftop solar arrays and hand-painted murals, Common Vision's bio-powered buses and trucks carried 15 modern day Johnny Appleseeds to four schools and two community centers. Two hundred fruit trees were planted by students and community members.