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Food

California scraps 'sell by' labels on groceries to cut confusion, waste, and food bills

A man shares moringa seeds while showing the Sahara landscape and a beaker with water and sediment.

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Moringa looks ordinary until you realize this fast-growing tree's leaves, pods, and seeds are edible

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Gardener shares the easy fix to avoid compost smells — and why a bin isn't even required

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Business

Cultivated meat barely left the gate, and two of its best-funded startups are already gone

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Gardener grows two crops in one bag with clever space-saving trick

A display of Beyond Meat plant-based patties and ground-meat alternatives.

Food

U.K. supermarket study finds plant-based items had twice the additives of animal-based foods

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Food

Only a third of Americans like the average vegan product. A US nonprofit thinks AI can fix that

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Food

Maryland cheese recall widens to all Clover Hill products after listeria outbreak kills 1

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Food

From coffee to beef, our diets are quietly the planet's biggest environmental burden

A young plant in soil on the left and its root system on the right.

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Perfect zucchini, cucumber, and squash transplants all follow the same simple rules

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Pro gardener busts common planting myths to grow more food

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Michigan gardener plants mushrooms between vegetables, says the payoff is incredible