Jackie Brown

Foie gras products are derived from force-feeding young ducks with enormous amounts of grain in order to produce abnormally large livers, eight or more times the size of a healthy liver. The cruel and unhealthy force-feeding of birds for foie gras production has been banned in over a dozen

We have reached the last stand for Sumatran orangutans, but it's not too late to save them. Many Americans are being made into unwitting accomplices in the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests—which provide crucial habitat for a number of endangered species like the Sumatran orangutan—because

Harmful algal blooms, ocean dead zones, and red tides are killing marine life.  People are taking steps to reduce the deaths by making lawn owners practice responsible stewardship. In Falmouth, MA, residents passed a nitrogen fertilizer bylaw that will help save lawn owners money, keep lawns

Today we are at a conservation crossroad:  Extinction or Recovery.   40 years ago, thousands of species in the United States faced imminent extinction.  A public outcry arose, and in 1973, a bi-partisan Congress passed the Endangered Species Act.  Since then the extinction of thousands of

Healthy bee populations are essential to the production of our food. Bees are attracted to floral nectars and help pollinate the plant, allowing it to reproduce. Therefore, without honey bees, our lives would be impoverished by a general lack of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other bee-pollinated