It’s Thursday afternoon, and a steady stream of people are arriving at Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver B.C. to pick up grocery bags full of frozen lingcod, salmon, or halibut. They are just a few of the customers who sign on for a year’s subscription to Skipper Otto, a Community-Supported Fishery (CSF). “I am so excited I can have this at home,” says...

At the apple orchard where I used to work, autumn’s encroaching frenzy had the most unassuming harbinger. One day in early August, a ladder would appear in a solitary old tree by the driveway, followed in the apple barn by some crates of pale green apples striped with cotton candy pink. I never quite knew who put the ladder there and picked those apples,...

In the first three months of 2024, Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO) cafes in California donated 65,596 pounds of food. As a food service provider for more than a thousand universities and corporate campuses across the US, BAMCO first began a food recovery program in 2015. “When you walk through our kitchens, it’s very clear to see that we contribute...

Community fridges have been around for a while. They go by different names, such as “free fridge” or “community pantry,” but the aims are pretty simple. First, they help to alleviate food waste, and second, they directly address food insecurity. The rates of food insecurity shot up during the pandemic, with two peaks. The first was at the start of...

RIP honeycreeper birds, Mariana fruit bat of Guam, Bachman’s warbler and the rest of the 21 species lost to extinction in the US alone in 2023. They join a growing list of animals in the process of disappearing forever. Scientists have declared that we are in the midst of the earth’s sixth mass extinction, this one driven by human activities such as...

More Americans are looking to keep sustainability in mind when shopping for both themselves and their pets. As inflation and climate changes surge, there are new ways to spend your dollars more consciously when shopping for our four-legged friends. This guide uses data from national surveys on American spending and data from reviews of major, nationally...