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View it in your browser December 29, 2013 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Shoppers Choose Local Forget the aisles stocked with organics. If local foods are not available, 30% of consumers will purchase groceries elsewhere, reports a new study released this month by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. According to the study, named "Buying into the Local… Continue Reading » Follow the Plate In direct contrast to the government's MyPlate nutritional chart, nutrition experts at the Harvard School of Public Health have released the Healthy Eating Plate. Guided by nutritional studies, their chart fixes what they call "key flaws in the U.S. Department of… Continue Reading » Antibiotic Overuse Could Lead to Public Health Crisis Eighty percent of all antibiotics currently used in the United States are given to farmed animals,  according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s annual National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Meat report, released in February. At a… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Reconnect with the Great Outdoors The Simplest Strategies for Getting Back to Nature Can be as Close as Your Own Backyard Sometimes we're so busy that when we have an unbooked afternoon, we don't know what to do. The next time you have a little extra time in your schedule, consider doing something off the beaten path – something that will help you reconnect with nature. There are a lot… Continue Reading » Boot Camp for Farmers Programs Cropping Up for Those Hoping to Farm A back-to-the-land movement has seized Generation Y, as young Americans ditch cubicles for the earthier vocation of growing food. Not only did a recent documentary, "The Greenhorns,"(profile young poople who have taken farming as their occupation, it also counted them:… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Scaling Back One Lesson from Hurricane Sandy: The Need for Distributed Power At its peak, Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states. Residents of parts of New York City, Long Island and the Jersey Shore struggled for months to access funding to start rebuilding, or, in some cases, to access… Continue Reading » Free Range Fish The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms When Neil Sims was working as a marine biologist in the Cook Islands—an idyllic scattering of white sand and blue lagoon islands halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii—he couldn't help but notice something about the islanders' traditional fishing, in this case,… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A "Dark Factories" Dear EarthTalk: What are "dark factories" and are they good for the environment? – Mitchell Pearson, Erie, PA So-called dark factories—otherwise known as "lights out" or "automatic" factories—are manufacturing facilities that do not depend on human labor… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you:   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851