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Locavore, Shmocavore – Just Call Me an Ecotarian

Is the eco-friendly food movement getting even more complicated, or are ecotarians simplifying matters? The green movement is riddled with a lot of food ideologies. ...

If It’s Not Organic, It’s Not Halal (4 Ethical Zabiha Principles)

If the meat's zabiha - slaughtered according to Islamic law - is it always halal? Yes, there is a difference. Zaufishan explains how the ethics in Muslims' meat-eating religion, embraces animal welfare, organic living and vegetarianism.

Shocking Ingredient in Bread That’s Problematic for Jews and Muslims

You may be eating a dead person's hair in your commercially-baked bread. Watch out for L-cysteine if you're queasy. It’s name is inconspicuous enough, not...

Cousa Mahshi, Lebanese Stuffed Zucchini

A specialty of the Middle East, stuffed zukes are favorites with young and old. In a Tel Aviv supermarket, I watched a mother soothing her...

Liveinslums Brings Food to Life in Cairo’s City of the Dead

The City of the Dead in Cairo isn't known for its fertile soil, but Liveinslums is working to change that with an awesome mini...

Whole Eggs, the Whole Story on Vitamins

Eating only whites or buying Eggbeaters? Read more on the nutrients and benefits of whole eggs. (Above is Green Prophet's editor Karin Kloosterman a...

What You Should Know About Polio

Polio, a crippling virus which lingers in polluted water sources is not a dead virus, says an Israeli researcher. It is in Israel, Gaza...

Recipes: Got Argan Oil?

Now that you've bought some argan oil, what are you going to do with it? Argan oil has an intense, nutty flavor (we're speaking of...

Sheep’s tail fat alya is the ancient Middle-Eastern shmaltz

A Middle Eastern flavor that refuses to go out of style - sheep's tail fat. Some vegetable species thrive in harsh, arid conditions and still...

Argan Oil: Expert Estimates About 20,000 Trees in Israel

Nah, nobody does that goat thing anymore... Our recent post about Israeli argan oil caused a few ripples over the Internet. While we now know...

Argan Oil Now Produced in Israel

Much of Morocco's argan oil still comes from nuts excreted by goats. The fabulously expensive oil is now produced in Israel - without goat...

Tahini Fuels the Countries that Fuel the World!

Maimonides, a Jewish scholar, prescribed tahini almost 1,000 years ago. It's a calcium food for vegans. When my friend Elia consulted her doctor complaining of...

Preserving olives the natural, fermented way

This Syrian olive tree is loaded with fruit, most of which will fall to the ground, unpicked. The autumn olive harvest is still in full...

Choose The Best Olives for Pickling

Learn how to buy olives in the market and then how to salt and ferment them.

Middle East Meat Consumption Rises With World Demand

Rising meat demand, rising risks in the Middle East: antibiotics, meat glue and global warming. World meat consumption is on the rise and this is...

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A wearable untrasound for high-risk pregnancies

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor a fetus for hours at a time — and it can do so consistently even as the fetus and umbilical cord constantly move during pregnancy. 

The Hunt for the Bluebuck’s Genetic Legacy: Inside a Museum Mystery

Inside the small, contested set of museum specimens that hold everything science knows about the bluebuck.

Peoria Charter Services: The Smart Way to Travel in Comfort and Style

Traveling in a group can often become stressful when transportation is not planned properly. Whether it is a corporate outing, school trip, wedding event, sports tournament, or family vacation, choosing reliable transportation makes a huge difference. This is where Peoria charter services become the ideal solution for smooth and comfortable travel.

Elkhorn corals planted to restore reef diversity

The project centers on “Flonduran” corals, which are offspring of Florida elkhorn corals bred with elkhorn corals from Honduras. These new corals are being evaluated alongside Florida elkhorn corals of the same age that are outplanted side by side in natural reef habitats to assess whether the new genetic diversity can enhance coral resilience and reduce coral bleaching during Florida’s warm summers.

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What Can You Expect From a Car Accident Settlement?

More than six million police-reported crashes occur annually nationwide,...

A wearable untrasound for high-risk pregnancies

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor a fetus for hours at a time — and it can do so consistently even as the fetus and umbilical cord constantly move during pregnancy. 

The Hunt for the Bluebuck’s Genetic Legacy: Inside a Museum Mystery

Inside the small, contested set of museum specimens that hold everything science knows about the bluebuck.

Peoria Charter Services: The Smart Way to Travel in Comfort and Style

Traveling in a group can often become stressful when transportation is not planned properly. Whether it is a corporate outing, school trip, wedding event, sports tournament, or family vacation, choosing reliable transportation makes a huge difference. This is where Peoria charter services become the ideal solution for smooth and comfortable travel.

Elkhorn corals planted to restore reef diversity

The project centers on “Flonduran” corals, which are offspring of Florida elkhorn corals bred with elkhorn corals from Honduras. These new corals are being evaluated alongside Florida elkhorn corals of the same age that are outplanted side by side in natural reef habitats to assess whether the new genetic diversity can enhance coral resilience and reduce coral bleaching during Florida’s warm summers.

Signs of Shavuot: Grief, Love and Choosing Life

Shavuot is a holiday heavy with symbolism. While it marks the end of the counting of the omer, it also functions as a miniature jubilee. The fiftieth day like a tiny echo of the fifty year cycle. And in each of the seventh years during that cycle, acts of rest and liberation are performed, especially in the fiftieth year.

The turbid waste of McDonald’s

Finally, the most damning thing about McDonald's is in how incredibly boring it is even compares to their competitors. While McDonald's is ubiquitous, that ubiquity only makes their mediocrity all the more McShitty.

Baby fruit pouches ejecting microplastics into every serving

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