By Amanda Froelich Will nursing homes soon become a thing of the past? When a beloved member of the family reaches an age they can no longer thrive living on their own, it becomes a family’s worst nightmare to decide their fate. Should they send…
By Amanda Froelich In North Dakota, agriculture is the state’s leading source of revenue. In fact, almost 90% of the state is occupied by farms and ranches, and the chief agricultural commodity is wheat. You can be certain, then, that when a company in the…
By Amanda Froelich Health-conscious consumers in Canada will soon face having to determine whether or not the salmon their store supplies is genetically modified (GM). Why? Because an appeal by two environmental groups to the Canadian Federal Courts to halt the production of genetically modified…
By Amanda Froelich The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Agency is cracking down on Nestle for encouraging poor nutritional habits in children. America may be known for its obesity epidemic, but the UK isn’t far behind. In fact, in 2013, 62.1% of adults in the UK and…
By Amanda Froelich RIP low-fat diets. According to two recent studies, cutting down on sugary food – processed carbohydrates, especially – can trigger rapid health improvements. One study, conducted by a team of Harvard researchers, concluded that a diet higher in fat is best for…
By Amanda Froelich Behold, Australia’s first carbon-positive pre-fabricated home, which is packed with a number of eco-friendly features and is absolutely gorgeous. The contemporary and cozy house was unveiled to the world last week by the Australian architecture firm ArchiBlox. Filled with light from the…
By Amanda Froelich Thanks to the genius of an Israeli start-up company, the leftovers and food scraps people haphazardly throw into the trash can now be repurposed into fuel for cooking and fertilizer. As the video below shares, the HomeBiogas unit can take organic waste…
By Amanda Froelich The spending bill Congress passed last Friday repealed the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulation that lets consumers know where their meat comes from. It’s every consumer for him/herself, apparently. On Friday, Congress passed a spending bill repealing the country-of-origin (COOL) regulation which lets…
By Amanda Froelich 20 feet below the surface, crops like strawberries, lettuce, and basil grow in balloon-like biospheres at an incredible pace. When Sergio Gamberini was traveling through Italy on a summer vacation, he was struck with a “crazy” idea to grow plants under the…
By Amanda Froelich “The war on medical marijuana is over.” Great news! A provision ending the federal prohibition on medical marijuana, banning federal agents from policing its users or raiding dispensaries in any state or district where it is legal, was just passed by Congress….
By Amanda Froelich The last place you might expect to see an urban garden is in the heights of a city skyscraper, but that’s exactly what you’ll be surprised with if you visit Pasona Inc. in Japan. Individuals employed by the multinational firm, which specializes…
By Amanda Froelich Are you aware that in the United States, nearly 40% of the food produced is tossed into the trash? As it makes its way to the landfill, 795 million people in the world wonder where their next meal will come from. It’s…
By Amanda Froelich The invention of electricity transformed the lives of many. No longer were work days limited to the sun’s rays, and with longer hours to work with creative inspiration, inspired dreams could become reality.But in many areas of the world, conveniences common to…
By Amanda Froelich The country recently approved a law that will ban the production, distribution, and importation of GM seeds. To protect heirloom seeds and organic farmers, the country of Venezuela, through its National Assembly, recently approved a law that will ban the production, distribution,…
By Amanda Froelich For most adults in the United States, juggling the responsibility of healthy eating with other priorities can be tough. This is exactly why the former executive of Costco, Erica Welton, launched the restaurant chain The Organic Coup. Welton was a food buyer…
By Amanda Froelich The small farming toolkit includes everything one needs to start growing biodynamic, organic food off-grid. Self-sufficiency is a must in the modern age, which is why one California-based company is using shipping containers to create micro-farms. Reports Fast Company, ‘Farm from…
By Amanda Froelich When it comes to the most despised, Martin Shkreli is up there with Monsanto and the Rockefellers. Earlier this year, the ‘Pharma Bro’ made headlines when he hiked the price of Daraprim, a decades-old drug used to treat toxoplasmosis, by 5,000%. After…
By Amanda Froelich Health begins with what’s on your plate and the activities you participate in. Unfortunately, there are many in the United States who haven’t grasped this simple truth and are expecting a quick-fix pill or potion to remedy their health problems in the…
By Amanda Froelich Practices like yoga, meditation, and kirtan can help curb the need for general health care services by almost 50 percent! Imagine if before and after a hectic day of work, everyone took twenty minutes to stretch and objectively contemplate their life’s journey….
By Amanda Froelich In a chance encounter with Monsanto’s CEO, actor Mark Ruffalo told Hugh Grant what many people are thinking: That the biotech company is responsible for a lot of pain and suffering in this world. It’s not every day you meet the head…
