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Cicada Ice Cream Proves We Need More Information About Eating Insects

9:09 am in community supported agriculture, food, food safety, insects by TreeHugger

cicada photo Image: gardener41/CC Cicada ice cream made a big buzz on the web this week. While misinformation flooded the net blaming the health department for shutting down Sparky's newest flavor, TreeHugger's Bonnie gave you the straight dope: the Columbia, Missouri based homemade ice cream shop chose to discontinue sales of cicada ice cream in spite of strong demand. Today we look at the even sadder truth. The reason Sparky's stopped their Cicada experiment stems from a lack of understanding about the safet...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Sarah Rich on Local Food and Disruptive Technology (Podcast)

4:50 pm in agriculture, cities, community supported agriculture, diet, farming, local food, organic agriculture, TreeHugger Radio by TreeHugger

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Sarah Rich is a former senior editor at Dwell magazine, the creator of Longshot Magazine, and the co-author of the WorldChanging book. Sarah's journalistic obsession pivots around design, urban agriculture, technology, and new media. She tells TreeHugger Radio about robots that help foragers find mushrooms, how supermarket design can promote better health, and the Read the full story on TreeHugger

The 2011 Spanish Revolution; How Protesters Organise Themselves to Be Green (Photos)

3:30 pm in activism, alternative energy, appropriate technology, barcelona, Business & Politics, community supported agriculture, events, Food & Health, local food, madrid, News, recycled, Science & Technology, solar, solar energy, spain, Take Action, urban life by TreeHugger

yeswecamp environmental committee photo Photo Credit: Sergio Carratalá The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful demonstrations in recent Spain, known as the 2011 Spanish Revolution. The indignation is against the current political situation ; the young (and not so young) Spaniards together with residents from Spain demand ¡Democracia Real Ya! (a real ...Read the full story on TreeHugger