Tiny green shoots push through the soil with so much promise that it almost feels like magic. That moment sparks excitement, ...

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

Months after the city voted to shutter Beaten Path Compost, Jackson DeWitt still sees yellow compost buckets on doorsteps around Gainesville. After leaving his job as an electrician and joining the ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is going green on death. This week the Brooklyn burial ground announced a new option for leaving this world: composting corpses into nutrient-rich dirt. The nearly 200-year-old ...

Two recent grants from the Dan Gillespie Soil Health Fund (DGSHF) furthered its mission to support research focused on soil management practices through intentional grantmaking. Barry Young, an ...

Learn how to make nutrient-rich compost tea at home without using a bubbler. This easy, step-by-step method boosts soil health, nourishes plants, and supports thriving gardens—all with simple ...

With an estimated 30% to 40% of the United States' food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if it ...

Watermelon seedlings are seen in trays with pure food waste substrate, pure commercial peat moss-based potting mix, and blends of the two with varying ratios in a study to compare seedling germination ...