Some low-income shoppers might assume farmers markets, with their specialty products, are out of reach. But more of these markets in the Commonwealth …

BOSTON -- Even before the pandemic, Americans wasted about 40% of the food we produced, worth an estimated $218 billion each year. Now a report …

BOSTON – Country-of-Origin-Labeling, or COOL, requires labels on meat sold in the U.S. to clearly state where that meat comes from. And it isn&…

BOSTON - Thousands in Massachusetts and across New England spent part of the long weekend participating in the worldwide "March Against Monsanto" prot…

BOSTON - Many Bay Staters are deciding whether to buy a fake or real Christmas tree. It's a choice that has environmental and economic effects…

BOSTON - Beef. It's what's NOT for dinner at a growing number of restaurants in Massachusetts and around the country, as more establishments work to …

CAPE COD, Mass. - A law to rebuild depleted ocean fish populations was passed by Congress 35 years ago today, and experts say it has produced …

BOSTON - Too much of good things? Nutrition experts are gathering on Valentine's Day to make it clear they're not too sweet on the new U.S. …

BOSTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected soon to inject guidelines into the long-debated routine use of antibiotics in large …

BOSTON - Honeybees are disappearing in what scientists and beekeepers say are alarming numbers, and while no one can say with certainty what the …

BOSTON - Childhood obesity rates are at an all-time high, and according to a new article in "Health Affairs Journal," the nation's so-called "cheap …

Londonderry, NH – Tough economic times have left many New England businesses wondering how to pay their bills, let alone reduce their climate …