http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green RSS Feed for KGW - Lifestyle - Green en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:38 GMT 2013-05-20T17:19:38Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/A-warming-climate--208096841.html Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:38 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/A-warming-climate--208096841.html 2013-05-20T17:19:38Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Ore-Rep-Schrader-prompts-GOP-debate-to-embrace-organic-farming-207857531.html The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But one Congressman called organics "a continued assault on agriculture." Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:24 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Ore-Rep-Schrader-prompts-GOP-debate-to-embrace-organic-farming-207857531.html 2013-05-17T17:26:24Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/208061601.html CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:42 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/208061601.html 2013-05-20T13:14:42Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Portland-restaurant-specializes-in-edible-insects-207809831.html This week, the UN released a 200-page report outlining all the benefits of edible insects. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:13 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Portland-restaurant-specializes-in-edible-insects-207809831.html 2013-05-17T15:48:13Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Portlands-new-charity-pub-aims-to-change-the-world--207795771.html Having a pint at the Oregon Public House could help change the world. The idea to leverage increasing alcohol sales in a struggling economy began three years ago for the new Portland charity pub. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:57:06 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Portlands-new-charity-pub-aims-to-change-the-world--207795771.html 2013-05-17T12:57:06Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Oceans-shipworms-could-have-heath-benfits-207746761.html A shipworm is not a worm at all. In fact, it’s a mollusk and is closely related to clams. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:03 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Oceans-shipworms-could-have-heath-benfits-207746761.html 2013-05-17T12:45:03Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Grants-Getaways-Oregons-Secret-Garden-207736221.html Grant shows off two striking sites for the price of one stop near Reedsport, including “Oregon’s Secret Garden." Fri, 17 May 2013 18:43:14 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Grants-Getaways-Oregons-Secret-Garden-207736221.html 2013-05-17T18:43:14Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Olympia-oysters-thrive-again-off-Oregon-Coast-207640071.html It was such a delicacy, Oregon's only native oyster was harvested to near extinction more than a century ago. Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:26 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Olympia-oysters-thrive-again-off-Oregon-Coast-207640071.html 2013-05-16T14:30:26Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/McDonalds-supplier-resumes-genetically-altered-potato-effort-207356441.html A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. Tue, 14 May 2013 13:21:48 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/McDonalds-supplier-resumes-genetically-altered-potato-effort-207356441.html 2013-05-14T13:21:48Z http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/207328511.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Tue, 14 May 2013 14:37:31 GMT http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/207328511.html 2013-05-14T14:37:31Z