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How Water Cuts Could Affect Every Community in California

An interactive map shows how much California residents could be forced to cut daily water consumption under a preliminary plan released by state officials.

From steak to mangoes, here are some water-hogging foods

With California's drought worsening, there has been a growing focus on the  amount of water needed to produce certain foods.

OpEdNews Article: Article: Sustainable Agriculture Means Hope for Haiti

Peasant group offers Haitians a sustainable alternative

What makes a farm sustainable? Hint: Size doesn't matter

To feed a rapidly growing population, farms of all sizes and operational styles are working to reduce their impact on the environment.

Urban farming reaching new heights in Buffalo

Vertical farming using sustainable fertilizing technique, all done from inside a garage

Urban Farming Grows in the Land of Wide-Open Spaces

Nate Storey’s greenhouse in west Laramie is packed with vegetables growing in long, upright plastic towers. Storey’s set-up is an urban farmer’s dream: the

You've heard about urban agriculture, but people are farming the suburbs, too

Urban agriculture in Detroit is a hot topic in the media and on social networks. Less talked about, however, are the projects that have quietly grown up in the city's backyard. That's right, a 'suburban' farming movement is alive and kicking in south

Find Out How Committed Your State Is to Local Foods » EcoWatch

Strolling of the Heifers released its 2015 Locavore Index, ranking the 50 states by their commitment to local foods. How locavore-oriented is your state?

Group tasked with expanding local food production

The state’s Local Food and Farm Task Force continues its work toward a January 2016 deadline to the Kansas Legislature for a plan and recommendations to increase locally grown food production in the state.

Appetites: Food Building provides home for local meat and cheesemakers

The Food Building in Minneapolis is the headquarters for The Lone Grazer Creamery and Red Table Meat Company. It's just part of a statewide craft meat and cheese movement.

How One Visionary Changed School Food in Detroit | Civil Eats

With a focus on healthier foods and local farms, Betti Wiggins has led Detroit’s kids through a food revolution.