Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts The Ringling Brothers Circus made good on a promise to retire their last contingent of performing elephants to the Center for…

Hope for a New Generation Despite being less confident than their elders, a new study by PsychTests.com, in Montreal, reveals that Millennials (those born between 1980 and…

Fresh Thinking Challenges Rigid Mindsets LINDA SECHRIST Filmmaker Barnet Bain’s credits include writer/director of Milton’s Secret, due out this fall, starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez and…

Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State Sikkim, the northeastern Indian state located between Bhutan and Nepal, has rid its agricultural land of pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified…

Keeping Food Out of the Trash Bin APRIL THOMPSON As much as 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is wasted, even as one in…

22 Minutes a Day Boosts Well-Being RANDY KAMBIC Even mainstream media have picked up on the many physical and mental benefits of walking, including weight loss,…

Chilling Out Revives Body and Soul APRIL THOMPSON Here’s something to add to our to-do list: nothing. Americans today work more hours than ever before, foregoing…

Scientists Increasingly Find It Dangerous According to a new meta-analysis of previous studies, Philippe Grandjean, of Harvard, and Richard Clapp, of the University of Massachusetts, concluded…

Fresh Veggies Come Direct to Offices Pioneering employers are now offering fresh vegetables to help employees improve their diet—and their health. Tech companies are even hiring…

Female Farmers Come of Age LISA KIVIRIST More women are becoming farmers, bringing with them a passion for producing organic and sustainably raised fare and transforming…

New Grain Transport to be Contaminant-Free Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products must still worry about their ingredients…