Industry experts explore how composters are tapping new markets to boost revenue, key operational priorities for financial ...

MONTPELIER The Natural Resources Board has told Karl Hammer to halt operations at Vermont Compost Co., located on Main Street a few miles outside of the state's capital city. Hammer's company, along ...

Brooke Salvaggio, co-owner of Urbavore Urban Farms, waters a cover crop in late August. The farm's gardens get a heavy dose of compost collected at their operation. Yet the farm has been dealing with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 5—Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced new environmental legislation on Wednesday that would allow farms and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reducing food waste can help reduce emissions from the food's creation and its decomposition in disposal streams. (Getty Images) ...

Food waste takes up space in landfills and produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Composting that waste can reduce climate impacts and save municipalities ...

Members of the Mantua Urban Peace Garden squeeze in just about every crop they can cultivate: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuces, herbs, strawberries, potatoes, beans, and watermelons. But only ...

A $15 million federal grant to establish or expand composting operations in five Southeast Alaska communities, including Juneau, is being awarded to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian ...

Where there’s a will, there’s not always a way. Ben Stanger has composted his whole life, starting with a backyard bin when he was a child. But when he wanted to expand his composting efforts and ...