University of Michigan researchers evaluate an urban garden in Detroit. Credit: Dave Brenner, University of Michigan. A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and ...

Those discussions, which concluded Saturday, came right on the heels of the annual Bonn Climate Change Conference, which sets the foundation for the United Nations' yearly climate gathering. In Bonn, ...

It wasn’t until the late 1960s that food products were required to label their ingredients. As processed foods began to rise in popularity, many people failed to recognize the relationship between ...

New calculations show that the European countries have great potential for reducing the demand for global food resources and the associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Urban farming may not actually be helping the planet as much as it could be. A new research study led by the University of Michigan discovered fruits and vegetables grown in urban ...

Two separate studies pointed to the environmental merits of eating a vegan diet.

Humans have persistent food needs that trigger considerable greenhouse gas emissions, varying significantly by region. However, the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint and inequality in the food system are ...

There are Earth Day celebrations across Dallas-Fort Worth in honor of the holiday on April 22, but there are things to do year round to help mitigate your footprint. Joshua Martin - File 2011 One of ...

Last week, the leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies convened in Italy to discuss several pressing global issues during the annual gathering known as the G7 summit. They agreed to lend Russia ...