Activists want us to know that palm oil is contributing to the destruction of the rain forest.

Waste Wise program aims at reducing environmental impact.

Chocolate and animal testing should not appear in the same sentence.

Your neighborhood is filled with unwanted fruit. These organizations will help you find it.

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A British study finds that the brain reacts more strongly to chocolate than to kissing.

Got a favorite New Orleans food memory? Tell it to the Oral History Project at the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Got time and a staple gun? The Southern Foodways Alliance wants you. One of New Orleans’ best fried-chicken joints, devastated by Katrina, will be rehabbed this weekend by an all-vol crew that needs a few more...

CulinaryCorps brings volunteer culinary professionals and students to New Orleans to stir up some good.

A blogger cooks a meal for the homeless while imagining himself locked in an Iron Chef battle.

Just in time for the holidays, a raft of new studies on food, drink, and health.

Japanese villagers use rice paddies as their canvas.

The San Francisco Chronicle revels in its revitalized rooftop garden.

A big ol’ study finds that soy may be damaging to a woman’s cardiovascular system.

Taking guerrilla gardening legit? A San Francisco Chronicle series plants the seed.