Lion Farms offers wide variety of organic Florida mushrooms
How State Organic Waste Ban Policies Can Drive Food Waste Reduction
Organic waste bans are some of the most impactful state policies we can pass to limit the amount of food going to landfills and incinerators.
Futures for Peoria’s food waste include redistribution, composting
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it.
A study out in Science this month finds that states’ attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/cutting-food-waste-lower-emissions-state-114350585
Get your hands dirty and learn about vermicomposting at two October workshops
From Farm to Fork: Addressing Food Waste in Households
Northeast Ohio composters reduce emissions from food waste, one pile at a time
U.S. state composting laws are mostly trash—except for one, study finds
First analysis of laws on composting food finds that tough regulations, like those in Massachusetts, work
Including compostable packaging in residential curbside programs boosts consumer involvement report shows
A Foodservice Packaging Institute study provides best practices for integrating compostable foodservice packaging into residential composting programs
Hong Kong start-up flies in the face of food waste using insects to create compost
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Social enterprise Japjap aims to use its innovative bio-recycling system to educate people about sustainable waste solutions.
Attention South Pasadena gardeners and water efficient enthusiasts, join the City of South Pasadena for its Fall Compost & Mulch giveaway.
https://www.coloradoboulevard.net/south-pasadena-compost-and-mulch-giveaway/
Food waste to feed: Food Recycle seeks licensees for global growth
Australian company, Food Recycle, says it has developed an innovative process to convert commercial food waste into “high performance” animal feed, offering a sustainable solution to a global challenge.
One restaurant has a way to fight food waste: Making food out of ‘trash’
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5003076/leftovers-recipes-food-waste-climate-change
Impact of climate change on agriculture suggests even greater challenges to the environment, global food supply and public health
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240912135716.htm
State bans on commercial food waste have been largely ineffective, study finds
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112435/food-waste-bans-climate-change-study
Meet the teacher-turned-community connector behind Milwaukee’s food waste program
Cafeterias into Classrooms: How to Transform Our Food Systems
Creative ways communities are reducing food waste
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/15/g-s1-20752/compost-food-waste-community
HelloFresh and Denali Divert 4 Million Pounds of Food Waste from Phoenix Landfills
World’s leading meal kit company turns to innovative depackaging technology to transform food scraps into nutrient-rich compost and animal feed in Arizona
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.
Compost goalpost: More food, less waste
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/compost-goalpost-more-food-less-183200176.html
Composting for Community
Dirt Rich, a local woman-owned compost facility in Columbia Falls, is closing in on a waste diversion goal of 1 million pounds. Consider it a call to action.
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/09/16/composting-for-community/
Food waste and agriculture are major drivers of methane emissions
Malta invests in equipment to produce agriculture-grade compost for farmers
https://english.news.cn/europe/20240927/3dce0c098754470991faa80d5c0b63af/c.html
“Green Education”: Chiang Mai Hotel Engages Students with Sustainability
https://www.ryt9.com/en/prg/278356
Why food waste matters to your pocketbook and the planet
https://www.cspinet.org/article/why-food-waste-matters-your-pocketbook-and-planet
Make Soil:? “Be passionate about composting and recycling! With a goal of zero waste, HOMEGROWN Concessions® uses compostable serviceware and Farm Aid promotes and supports composting in the venue. Loving Earth Compost of Saratoga will receive the food waste gathered at Farm Aid 2024 to make future soil.”
https://nysmusic.com/2024/09/20/farm-aid-2024/
Mulch trials reusing waste from Victorian (Australia) green bins to help grow wine grapes
Tackling carbon footprint through community composting
The Hidden Gardens and GALLANT (Glasgow) is engaging with communities and supporting people to adopt sustainable practices through hands-on composting experience, helping to manage food waste and contribute to reducing the city’s carbon footprint.
https://www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/tackling-carbon-footprint-through-community-compostingnbsp