Sustainability

The story couldn’t be cooler: an award-winning, highly successful, fully eco-friendly restaurant serving only locally grown, seasonal produce—right in the heart of America’s industrial agriculture belt. Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, sat down with co-owner and chef Clayton Chapman to learn about this amazing venture.

Imagine a single website where buyers could source local food anywhere in the United States, or where any farmer could make his or her produce available to buyers. Founder of Local Dirt Heather Hilleren sat down with Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, to explain the complex journey behind her site.

These three men in their twenties have dedicated themselves to helping others live conscious and healthy lives—as reported in Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality.

Bottled water has become a billion-dollar industry that, through the enormous quantity of waste in plastic bottles, has brought severe harm to the environment. At the same time, the quality of our tap water leaves much to be desired. The good news is, there is a great solution that comes at a fraction of the cost of bottled water and totally eliminates its environmental harm.

The website, Carpooling.com, has several million registered users and has helped create 24 million carpools since its inception.

A new documentary brings a surprising view of the proliferation of young, inspired farmers engaging in sustainable agriculture across the United States.

Can buffalo save the small agricultural farmer, along with America’s grasslands?

The term “locavore” gets serious when one filmmaker builds a garden into the back of his 1986 Dodge pickup truck. Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, finds out what happens when a Dodge learns new tricks.

With innovative new technologies, shrimp is now being farmed with fully sustainable methods—and far closer to home.