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Food Insecurity Is Growing. What Can We Do?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM

While food production increases and more people are overweight, 17 million households don't have enough food to get by--up 3.5% since 2007.READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | Comment

Ruthless Rules for Enviros

BY David Roberts
Relevancy Score: 92
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:23 AM

As big businesses get eco-religion, don't try to change the players, change the rules.READ»

BEN-PAYNTER | 3 comments

The Eco-Conscious Thanksgiving Menu: Now Serving Greens!

BY Ben Paynter
Relevancy Score: 78
Wed Nov 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM

The hidden cost of overeating on Thanksgiving isn't just an expanding waistline; it's a fatter carbon footprint, too. Studies show that most groceries travel about 1,500 miles from the farm to store shelves. The same distance ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | Comment

Rent-a-Farmer

BY Jen Boulden
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:22 AM

Cultivate a farmer.READ»

NEPONSET ANIMAL HOSPITAL | Comment

Neponset Animal Hospital

BY Neponset Animal Hospital
Relevancy Score: 59
Fri Nov 6, 2009 at 5:51 AM

Neponset Animal Hospital Transport of dogs, loose or tethered, in open cargo areas of pickup trucks is not safe. Properly secured, size-appropriate kennels that are appropriately ventilated and allow climatic conditions suitable for a dog's breed and conditioning to be maintained are the preferred means of transport of dogs in open cargo areas of pickup trucks. READ»

WAL-MART | 18 comments

Is Wal-Mart Really Organic?

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 4:19 PM

The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin has been taking a lot of shots at Wal-Mart concerning the retailer's organic food labeling practices. For one, the organization charges that Wal-Mart's signage ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | 4 comments

The Metrics of Fear: The USDA and Mad Cow Disease

Relevancy Score: 49
Tue Jan 6, 2004 at 8:10 PM

The global anxiety that erupted following the discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States last month offers a compelling contrast between risk and fear. How disproportionate is the current fear in relation to ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 2 comments

What Does Green Mean?

BY Alec Appelbaum
Relevancy Score: 47
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM

Architect Rafael Pelli's approach to designing healthy buildings defies easy categorization--and that's a good thing.READ»

GOODWAY LANDSCAPE | Comment

Jeff Zima Goodway Landscape

BY Jeff Zima
Relevancy Score: 44
Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Goodway Landscape, Jeff ZimaREAD»

COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING | Comment

Crisis Communications 101

BY matt eventoff
Relevancy Score: 43
Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 6:05 PM

Monday and Tuesday were voluminous with brewing crises — one of the biggest political party switches in history, a new potential pandemic, and a decision to fly Air Force One over Ground Zero — all offered valuable, and ...READ»

HILTON | 2 comments

Offset Your Carbon Footprint With A Cocktail

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 40
Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 5:05 PM

TRU Organic Spirits is putting the friendly back in environmentally friendly. Not only are its lemon- and vanilla-infused vodkas and their aromatic gin completely certified USDA organic, but the Monrovia, California-based ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Another Rubber Tree Plant

BY John Rosenthal
Relevancy Score: 36
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

In the Arizona desert, the start of something big--or anyway something that feels good on your hands.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 1 comment

John Perazzo: Pallet Pioneer

BY Stirling Kelso
Relevancy Score: 36
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:10 AM

Wooden pallets form the backbone of the American shipping industry. Each year, 405 million of them are loaded with appliances, frozen foods, whatever, to get from one place to another. Unfortunately, they have a natural enemy: the ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

First The Customers Dreamed the Transporter Up...

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

On Slim Devices' online forum, Andrew Taylor (screen name: "audiofi") in northeastern Britain began a marathon discussion among the customers about the next product they wanted from the company. Although it would be new technology--a ...READ»

HEALTH CARE | Comment

Organic Expansion

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

With total revenues of $15 billion in 2005, the entire industry is still smaller than McDonald's. But at 20% per year, it's growing like a weed. A six-year snapshot of a very fertile market.READ»

ETHICAL INVESTMENTS | Comment

Irish Govenment urged to reform forestry laws

BY Bill English
Relevancy Score: 32
Fri Sep 12, 2008 at 9:49 AM

Irish Government urged to reform forestry laws A commentator for the Irish Independent has published his view that Ireland's Government needs to do more for the forestry industry. Joe Barry believes the recent ...READ»

JAMAIS CASCIO | 1 comment

Rust Never Sleeps: How Bill Gates Might Save the World

BY Jamais Cascio
Relevancy Score: 32
Thu Aug 13, 2009 at 12:38 AM

Bill Gates just might save the world.READ»

CELLPHONES | Comment

Obama To Inject $6 Billion Into Rural Broadband

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 28
Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 7:18 AM

President Obama has proposed a $6 billion fund designed to bring high-speed internet connections to underserved parts of the country. It's one of several technology-related proposals in the $825 billion economic stimulus plan that is expected to be voted on this week.READ»

GEAR | Comment

Heat-Sensitive

BY Nate Nickerson, Assistant Managing Editor
Relevancy Score: 27
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:19 AM

A cooking thermometer that's great for seasoned pros and nervous novices alike.READ»

MANAGEMENT | Comment

Here's an Idea That's Not Quite Ripe

BY Andrew Goldsmith
Relevancy Score: 25
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:47 PM

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

INNOVATION | Comment

Chicken Power

Relevancy Score: 23
Tue Oct 7, 2003 at 12:39 PM

Charles C. "Sonny" Dinsmore and his company Earth Resources Inc. has found an innovative and renewable energy source underfoot: chicken manure. Dinsmore and his company was recently awarded a $1.13 million grant from the DOE and the ...READ»

MONSANTO | 1 comment

Are Monsanto's GMO Soybeans Good for Us?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 22
Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) soybeans have frequently been vilified over the years. The soybeans, protesters say, require too many pesticides, see lower yields, and could be responsible for the growth of resistant weeds. ...READ»

CLOROX GREEN WORKS | 10 comments

Green Washing

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 22
Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 5:45 PM

I enjoyed reading your excellent article about the Sierra Club's endorsement of the new Clorox Green Works line ("Cleaning Solution," September). As marketing professors and researchers, my colleague Cathy Hartman and I ...READ»

BMW MAINE | Comment

Westbrook Maine Car Owners Get Chance to Clean Up Their Air Conditioner

BY maine bmw
Relevancy Score: 21
Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM

Westbrook Maine car owners are encouraged to have their car serviced at Bill Dodge Auto Park. Bill Dodge will inspect and service AC units to ensure the system runs correctly and does not contain any bacteria or fungi growth, which causes odors to be released when the AC system is used.READ»

OBAMA | Comment

Obama Backtreads, Nominates Agri-Biz Lobbyists to Key Posts

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 21
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 3:06 PM

Well, that didn't take long. The afterglow of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people" has already faded. The President has stirred up controversy ...READ»

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