LocalHarvest in the News :   Environment

How to buy organic nontoxic flowers
Daily Green - Feb 11, 2009
The organic certification labels you can trust ? and the one you can't.

Topics:  Pesticides    Environment   

Dreaming of a Green Christmas?
Gay.com - Dec 31, 2008
Whether you're looking for the perfect gift for your favorite tree-hugger or just trying to keep the "green" in Christmas, there are plenty of choices out there, from carbon offsets to bamboo lingerie. The selection of green gift ideas has grown along with public interest in Earth-friendly, or sustainable, products and practices. So, for the hardcore greenie who has everything, how about something to stop global warming?

Topics:  LocalHarvest    Environment   

Earth-friendly gift ideas for a green Christmas
York Daily Record - Dec 25, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y.- Whether you're looking for the perfect gift for your favorite tree-hugger or just trying to keep the "green" in Christmas, there are plenty of choices out there - from carbon offsets to bamboo lingerie.

Topics:  Environment   

A solar success
Lexington Herald-Leader - Aug 12, 2008
PORTER HOLLOW ? A rooster's crow, out behind the barn, launches the day at The Jerrys Farm, nestled amid rolling, green-shaded hills in western Fleming County.

Topics:  Farming    Environment   

USDA report says climate change affecting crops, livestock
Chicago Tribune - May 29, 2008
Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation's water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Topics:  Global Warming    Environment   

What's Killing Off the Bats?
The Daily Green - May 16, 2008
As a mysterious undefined malady spreads from cave to cave across the Northeast, leaving legions of dead bats in its wake, scientists continue to scratch their heads.

Topics:  Environment   

GMOs: The Bad Seed?
Utne Reader - May 16, 2008
Objectivity is boring. The determined even-handedness of ?GMOs: The Seeds of Discord? at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is stultifiying after a few placards for anyone familiar...

Topics:  GMOs    Environment   

Civilization's last chance
LA Times - May 16, 2008
Even for Americans -- who are constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness...

Topics:  Global Warming    Environment   

Greed In the Name Of Green
The Washington Post - Mar 7, 2008
Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy.

Topics:  Organic    Environment   

Priced Out of the Market
The New York Times - Mar 4, 2008
The world?s food situation is bleak, and shortsighted policies in the United States and other wealthy countries ? which are diverting crops to environmentally dubious biofuels ? bear much of the blame

Topics:  Farming    Environment