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Housing is a fundamental human right. For most of human history, our homes were built by hand from whatever local materials were available.

Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce.

Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky GaspE Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas.

Fueled by a failing economy and a passionate desire for a return to simpler times, a new wave of homesteaders is seeking the good life and the kind of true satisfaction that can only be built, not

Hollyhock-renowned the world over as an unparalleled center of learning and connection-exists to inspire, nourish, and support people who are making the world better.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to raising goats (or any livestock for that matter).

Everyone loves to prepare a meal with ingredients fresh from their own garden. But for most of us, no matter how plentiful our harvest, homegrown produce comprises only a fraction of what we eat.

An EcoNest is not just a home-it is a breathtakingly beautiful structure that nurtures health and embraces ecology.

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each

Most of us understand the value of eating and buying local.

Nutrition, environmental impact, ethics, sustainability-it seems like there's no end to the factors we must consider when we think about our food.

Bee populations are plummeting worldwide. Colony Collapse Disorder poses a serious threat to many plants which rely on bees for pollination, including a significant proportion of our food crops.

Farmers' Markets and CSAs are among the best places to find high-quality, diverse, and exciting vegetables and fruits. But the rich array of unusual varieties can be confusing and overwhelming.

In Dreena Burton's first two best-selling vegan cookbooks, The Everyday Vegan and Vive le Vegan!, she offered a dazzling array of healthy, animal-free recipes, many of which were based on her exper

There's a Jamaican phrase, "Out of many, one people," that is reflected in the style of cooking from the Carib-bean: distinct, bold flavors coming together to create an electric experience.