DIY GIFT IDEA: Flavored Cooking Oils In Beautiful Bottles

Powder spices on spoons image via Shutterstock What you’ll need: A big bottle/vat of extra virgin olive oil A large measuring cup with a spout Pretty bottles Dried herbs and spices as

HOLIDAY BAKING RECIPES: Petey’s Vegan Almond Cookies

One of the best ways to warm up the house, pump up the holiday cheer, and have a little fun with your friends and family is to spend a few hours baking! This holiday season Inhabitat's Editor-in-Chief

Study Finds Majority of Pork to be Contaminated with Bacteria

A recent study has shown that pork is the most contaminated meat found on the market. The Consumer Reports study tested variations of the meat after being processed, revealing the majority of pork

Czech Green Market Stalls Create Greater Connection Between Vendors and Shoppers

When designing the new market stalls for the Green Market, Edit!'s first goal was to help the vendors better share their product with whole market and let the vendor's personality shine through. A more

VIDEO: How To Make Yummy Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin Cupcakes

Pumpkin pie might be tried and true, but if you want to make a unique fall treat that will have your friends and family begging for the recipe, check out our scrumptious vegan pumpkin chocolate chip

DIY Gift Idea: 10 Recipes You Can Gift in Jars

What you’ll need: Clean, lidded jars in assorted sizes The dry ingredients as per your recipe A list of the wet ingredients needed for each recipe (to send along with the jar) Ribbons, bows,

Six Delicious Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Leftovers

Thanksgiving Breakfast Hash What better way to spend the morning after Thanksgiving than with more of your favorite ingredients? This hash made from brussel sprouts, potatoes, and turkey turns last

6 Vegan, Vegetarian and Raw Food Turkey Alternatives for Thanksgiving

TOFURKY VEGETARIAN FEAST FIELD ROAST CELEBRATION ROAST QUORN TURK’YGARDEIN STUFFED VEGGIE TURKEY ROAST MAGIC VEGAN LOAF MAKER WE LIKE IT RAW TOFURKY VEGETARIAN FEAST An industry pioneer, the

Six Yummy Organic Pumpkin Recipes You Can Make for Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin Breakfast Shake The anti-oxidants in pumpkin will get you feeling refreshed, so why not start your day with a healthy pumpkin shake? For the sweet treat, combine 1 cup canned organic pumpkin, 1

DIY: Make a Homemade Organic Apple Pie with Butter Crust for the Holidays!

Thanksgiving is just days away and, for those of you with unfinished menus, we have a delicious organic apple pie recipe that is guaranteed to make your guests swoon. It's especially important to buy

Amazing Organic FreshPaper Keeps Your Produce From Rotting

There are few things more disappointing than reaching into your refrigerator for a nice fresh piece of produce only to be greeted by a slimy, stinking glob of mush in a bag. While you could have sworn you

Dyson Award-Winning SafetyNet Prevents Overfishing by Guiding Small Fish to Freedom With LED Lights

Royal College of Arts graduate Dan Watson has developed a brilliant sustainable fishing net with luminous exit portals that allow endangered and young fish to escape so that they can fully mature. Watson

California’s GMO Food Proposition 37 Sparks Storm of Accusations over Misleading Ads

GMO photo from Shutterstock There's something fishy going on in the Golden State, and we aren't talking about the GMO genes being spliced into the tomatoes. On Tuesday, California voters ultimately

HOW TO: Extend Your Garden’s Growing Season With Cloches and Cold Frames

Hardy vegetables like kale, cabbage, chard, lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, turnips, parsnips, and beets will over-winter well, and you'd likely also have a fair bit of luck with herbs such as

Online ‘Cool Farm’ Tool Helps Farmers Calculate Their Carbon Footprint

The Cool Farm Institute has announced that it will soon introduce a free online version of its Cool Farm Tool to help farmers calculate the carbon footprint of their farm and livestock operations. The

HOW TO: Make Your Own Delicious Hard Apple Cider In 6 Easy Steps

STEP ONE: GATHER YOUR MATERIALS & INGREDIENTS Unlike beer brewing, which can be complicated and requires a plethora of specific ingredients, creating hard apple cider is relatively straight forward -

Culinary Misfits Rescue Fruits & Veggies that Supermarkets and Restaurants Reject

Beauty is only skin deep - but try telling that to supermarkets who reject an apple or carrot with even the slightest hint of a blemish. Fortunately, there are those among us who are willing to look past

California to Vote on GMO Labeling Proposal Next Week

Genfood photo from Shutterstock Next week, Proposition 37 will ask the people of California to decide whether they want GMO labels to be put on foods that have been genetically modified. It looks set

DIY: A Simple Guide to Beer Brewing for Seasonal Ale Lovers

What You’ll Need: - 5 gallon pot - Bottling bucket - Fermentation bucket or glass carboy (carboys are more expensive, but will last longer) - Tubing - Clamp for the tubing - Stopper -

Kasetsart University in Thailand Builds an Innovative Rooftop Garden on Campus

After devastating floods hit Bangkok in 2011 leaving university staff cut off from food, Kasetsart University decided to build an urban farm on the rooftop of their Faculty of Architecture building to not

The Glad Cafe in Glasgow is Overflowing With Great Green Designs

We were instantly impressed by interior design of The Glad Cafe, which is the result of a collaboration between three Glasgow based designers: Roy Shearer, Gerry Thomson and Simon Harlow. The designers,

HOW TO: Make Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut butter cups are a sought-after staple for trick-or-treaters, but store-bought varieties are loaded with preservatives and artificial flavors. This halloween, make your own delicious vegan peanut

Elegant Pirogovo Greenhouse Nurtures Organic Greens and Vegetables in Russia

The Pigrovo Resort comprises a wide array of commercial facilities: a house, a yacht club, guest houses, and a restaurant. The greenhouse compliments the overall design approach of the resort: like most

HOW TO: Pickle Beets In Just 1 Hour

Beets come in all shapes and sized, from dark red and pink striped to light orange and everything in between. We used a bunch of gorgeous organic Chioggia beets from the farmer's market. Chioggia beets

Study Finds That Cutting Food Waste Could Feed One Billion Hungry People

Improving food security and availability is increasingly important as temperatures continue to rise, the population continues to grow and water becomes more precious. The focus often falls on techniques

Mark Rice-Ko: Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves Recreate Famous Rothko Paintings Using Rice

The Farmery is a Farm and Market Set in Four Recycled Shipping Containers in North Carolina

The Famery has successfully raised $25,000 on Kickstarter to make this project a reality, so if you live in Raleigh, you're in for a special treat. So far they have developed two prototypes along with a

Bristol Community Farm Harvests Goodwill as Well as Good Food

A success story in times of crisis is always a pleasure, and this 22-acre Community Farm in Bristol has boosted for the local region in many ways. Landowner Luke Hasell teamed up with local food

Seed-Saving 101: Storing Beans, Squash, and Other Large Seeds

With all of the carved pumpkins, pies, muffins, and roasted squash dishes that will be created over the next few months, there will be an extraordinary windfall of seeds to be scooped out of these

Celebrate Fall With These 6 Delicious Pumpkin Recipes!

Vegan Pumpkin Fudge Combine 3 cups sugar, 1 cup unsweetened soy milk, 3 teaspoons light corn syrup, ½ cup pumpkin puree and ¼ teaspoon salt in a saucepan and stir until it comes to a boil, then reduce

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