Want to Help Save the Monarch? Be a Citizen Scientist

Volunteering to report your observations helps conservationists to better gauge and manage threats to the monarch butterfly.

Transform Junk Mail Into Handmade Paper

DIY recycling can be easier—and more creatively fulfilling—than you might think. Here's how to make junk mail and similar items into paper.

5 Ways to Increase Your Food Independence

In honor of Independence Day, we share several ways we work toward establishing true food independence. You can do the same.

Eggs: What You Need to Know to Raise Ducks & Geese

Duck and goose eggs are quite different than those of chickens. Here are the basics about the eggs, breeds, yields and laying habits.


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