Slow cooking. A few years ago, when I was writing a beauty column for a weekly magazine, I became very enthusiastic about the high concentration of some of the world's longest living people on Okinawa island in Japan. [News Source]

Slow cooking. A few years ago, when I was writing a beauty column for a weekly magazine, I became very enthusiastic about the high concentration of some of the world's longest living people on Okinawa island in Japan. [News Source]

‘If you’re not fighting climate change or improving the world, you’re wasting your life.’ Franny Armstrong, the director of 10:10, is trying to get as many organisations and individuals as possible to sign up to the pledge of reducing carbon emissions by 10% by the end of next year. [News Source]

Urban farming back in vogue. As economies around the world have faltered, abundant signs suggest that more city dwellers are interested in growing fresh produce and raising livestock. [News Source]

Chronic wasting disease may not reach humans. If a hunter shoots an elk, deer or moose infected with chronic wasting disease, can people become sick from eating the meat or handling a knife used to dress the animal? [News Source]

In-vitro meat: would lab-burgers be better for us and the planet? A pioneering group of scientists are working to grow real animal protein in the laboratory, which they not only claim is better for animal welfare, but actually healthier, both for people and the climate. [News Source]

Children’s books (Denver Post) Love Is the Higher Law, by David Lavithan, $15.99. Set in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, this episodic novel shifts between the stories of three young New Yorkers. [News Source]

Rancher group leader blasts USDA’s animal health policies (Rapid City Journal) The federal government should reverse ag policies that have increased health threats to the U.S. livestock industry and its consumers, the head of a national ranchers' advocacy group said Thursday. [News Source]