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04/27/2026

You have a few more days to clean out your closet and (doubly) benefit Straus News! We always happily accept clothing donations at our Chester office but there's a contest going on through the end of April with an extra cash prize.

04/01/2026

Delighted, not surprised!

The episode, involving a group of s***m whales, adds to evidence that humans aren’t the only species that gets some form of assistance during and after delivery.

12/19/2025

A reminder that we can (still) make the world we want, and colleges are a great place to start. "Don’t underestimate the current appetite for full immersions in the offline world."

Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.

09/29/2025

The environmental toll of AI doesn't get talked about enough.

Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences?

09/25/2025

From forest to teacup with Dirt's Wild Food columnist.

On this episode of 𝗚𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗡𝗘𝗣𝗔: We head to Milford in Pike County to spend the day with Heather Houskeeper — a forager, h...

09/25/2025

On this episode of 𝗚𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗡𝗘𝗣𝗔: We head to Milford in Pike County to spend the day with Heather Houskeeper — a forager, h...

09/25/2025

Join Dirt's Wild Food columnist and learn to make your own tea.

On this episode of 𝗚𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗡𝗘𝗣𝗔: We head to Milford in Pike County to spend the day with Heather Houskeeper — a forager, h...

09/17/2025

It was the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement that made me decide to start eating local in September. I realized change was never going to come from on high. My family and I are still doing along with Apothecary Gardens NY and my sister-in-law, who joined us for the first time this year.

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared?

09/04/2025

And another reason to : U.S. farmers are looking at near-record yields of corn and soybeans but a lot less demand from overseas. "For many growers, the prices are so low that they will lose money on each acre planted."

The tractor maker said that sales were down and that higher metal tariffs would cost it $600 million, while American farmers face dwindling overseas demand for some crops.

08/06/2025

Let's keep our grass fields grass!

An artificial turf field on a summer day is hotter than grass and asphalt. Here’s what to know about the debate over grass vs. turf.