AP ran an article today titled “Farmers group touts lentils, other healthy legumes.” Lentil and other legume farmers … (have) formed a new marketing venture aimed at promoting the health and other benefits of lentils, dry peas, garbanzo beans and other so-called “pulse” crops. I often think I should eat more lentils, but I’m not [...]

• Brooklyn’s Backyard Chicken Keepers from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Meet Megan Paska and Katrina Mauro both Mother Hens to four curious egg-laying chickens in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They decided to raise chickens for the first time in their tiny urban backyard as a way to live more sustainably. What they discovered is that raising chickens is [...]