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RECIPE: Crunchy Chickpeas for Healthy Snacking

Quick to make and satisfying - roasted chickpeas answer the need for a healthy snack. When we casually dump a can-full of chickpeas into a...

Organic Farming On the Rise In Emirates

Since 2007, land dedicated to organic greenhouse farming across the United Arab Emirates has increased by 15 percent Despite some debate over the carbon-footprint...

RECIPE: Kanafeh, Arabic Cheese Pastry

Kanafeh: sweet cheese filling under a crunchy topping. A favorite Ramadan dessert. Ramadan 2011 begins after sunset on July 31st. One of the many luscious...

Dickson Despommier: we can end hunger in Middle East with vertical farming

Lack of space in urban environments often means that farming opportunities are limited, but a technique of farming indoors and upwards may resolve this...

Meat Glue: Is Anybody Talking About It?

The public was ignorant about the the dangers of smoking till the 1960s. The fashion for meat glue in food seems ominously similar. Finding a...

DNA Tracking and Nuclear Beef Contamination in Japan

"Fukushima cows" starving to death - but some got shipped to the meat markets. Revelation that some 84 Japanese beef cattle shipped to markets in...

Spending Ramadan on the Commode

Millions of people around the world will fast during Ramadan, and thousands will hide in the bathroom to sneak food. I tread lightly. I am...

Semi-Sustainable Berber Agriculture

The verdant valleys in the Toubkal National Park stand in stark contrast to the dry, red mountain sides. After my last visit to Toubkal National...

Human-Based Gelatin? Yum!

Human genetic material and human gelatin - coming to your marshmallows and Jello soon? Reading the ingredients list in any processed food is always thought-provoking....

Seaside, Gaza Fishermen Grow Own Fish

Gaza fishermen preparing  nets. Fishing by Gazans now a "hazardous occupation". Restrictions placed on Gaza fishermen by Israeli naval vessels has made living from the...

Evian markets water to the Middle East

The slogan of the new campaign, which consists mostly of models wearing t-shirts with babies' bodies printed on them (thus making the models look like babies), is 'live young'.  This Green Prophet wonders if that slogan could backfire, causing environmentalists to claim instead that you should avoid drinking bottled water so that our young may live on a healthy planet.

RECIPE: Grilled Vegetables With A Middle Eastern Accent

Fire up your grill and cook  these aromatic vegetable chunks to delicious perfection. If there's one favorite way to cook in the Middle East, it's...

Egypt’s Urban Agriculture Movement is Growing!

Can urban agriculture save Cairo? We think it's a pretty good start There has been an important spotlight on agriculture not only in Egypt, which...

An Eco-Genie Out of Recycled Tire Jugs?

If you rub these recycled tire jugs three times will an eco-genie pop out? In the medina of Marrakesh at Jemâa el Fna, minutes away...

Former Agriculture Minister Brought Carcinogenic Pesticides To Egypt

This really bad picture of former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Youssef Wali should not blur his egregious crimes. Hosni Mubarak is not the only official...

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Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

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