How a Free Grocery Store Is Cutting Food Waste—and Hunger

Source: yesmagazine.org Published: September 12, 2017 Food items redistributed by The Free Store include salads, sandwiches, pies, rice meals, and other pastries. All photos by Benjamin Johnson. Each weeknight, The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus...

Dirty Undies Help American Researchers to Test Tennessee Soil

Source: abc.net.au Published: September 6, 2017 The underwear has been buried in different soils for 30 days and shows the different rates of degeneration. (Supplied: Coffee County Soil Conservation District) ABC Rural / By Amy McCosker Undies, jocks, drawers…...

High-Tech Umbrella Follows the Sun to Give You Shade

Source: curbed.com Published Date: August 22, 2017 It comes with Bluetooth speakers, naturally Courtesy of ShadeCraft Sunflower By Megan Barber Home-tech aficionados who already have robotic dog toys, smart salt shakers, and wireless turntables, here’s...

Farmland Can Sequester Carbon from the Atmosphere

Source: voanews.com Published: August 21, 2017 Truck being loaded with compost at the Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California, which is participating in a decade-long trial carbon farming program. By Jan Sluizer SAN FRANCISCO–California rancher John Wick says...