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From the Environmental Leader: Nebraska Hy-Vee stores will divert excess fruits and vegetables, bakery products, solid dairy products and floral clippings and the Sanimax system will then turn the food waste into compost, biogas and animal feed. Hy-Vee employees at each store will be trained on how to separate the waste to ensure quick and…

In the same way that Earth sunsets pick out the reds and oranges of normal light on the planet, Martian ones emphasize the blue of the sky. “The colors come from the fact that the very fine dust is the right size so that blue light penetrates the atmosphere slightly more efficiently,” said Mark Lemmon,…

VietNamNet Bridge – eBookers.com, a prestigious Europe-based travel website, has curated a selection of international myths and legends alongside stunning hand-drawn illustrations to give readers a glimpse into the variety of cultures in the world. One of the stories is the famous tale of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Wanderlust Storybook is a new…

This interesting article in The Indian Panorama discusses how the Sun God evolved and his possible link to Central Asia.  You can find the entire piece here. In Roman times, Sunday was the first day of the week —an important day named after the Sun-God. Helios or Hyperion was the Greco-Roman Sun-God, who later merged with another Greek…

This follows what I’ve come to know of large corporations.  They don’t create anything new – just use their money and clout to take over companies that are profitable, Peter Whoriskey investigates how large corporations are taking over organic brands in his May 10th article in The Washington Post.  He cites Myra Goodman, who with…

Several interesting articles in Tech Times explore the possibility of alien life on other planets.  Jim Algar reports on data released by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft. The magnetic field of Mercury, closest planet to the sun, is almost 4 billion years old and may once have been almost as strong as Earth’s, scientists say. Data from Messenger gathered in…

From the 10th episode of the PBS series, The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast.

Originally posted on The Dish: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” – T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding.

Insha’Allah I don’t know when it slipped into my speech that soft word meaning, “if God wills it.” Insha’Allah I will see you next summer. The baby will come in spring, insha’Allah. Insha’Allah this year we will have enough rain. So many plans I’ve laid have unraveled easily as braids beneath my mother’s quick fingers.…