ATLANTA – Millions of Americans live in food deserts across the country, places known to be without affordable and healthy food options. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 19 million ...

Rural communities bordering the Tongass National Forest harvest more than 4.5 million pounds of wild food per year, including ...

Forests occupy one third of the total land area of the Earth and hold around 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. It is estimated that nearly one third of the global population depends ...

The first-ever FAO report on the importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture warns that the abundance of our food supply is diminishing — with worrisome consequences for global food security.

For healthy food and a wealth of other tangible and intangible yields, here are some offbeat places to plant a forest garden. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering ...

Workshop on how to make flour from acorns at the Community Food Forest Collective Harvest festival. (Photo by Rosanne Skirble for Maryland Matters) Lincoln Smith’s food forest is next to a gas station ...

Brandon Doyle spent his Tuesday evening working with fellow East Rock volunteers to shovel pounds of dirt and soil, plant a persimmon tree and a crabapple tree, and hose those new trees down to help ...

Local businesses and organizations are working together to create a food forest in front of La Crosse’s YMCA in hopes of bringing healthy foods and education to the community. The Y donated 8,000 ...