Waste not, want not: Turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-food-fertile-soil-sustainable-growth.html
What Everyone Should Know About Food Waste Solutions
From waste to wonder: farm’s greener future (Australia)
In the heart of Cotton Tree, a lush community garden is bursting with life, offering an abundance of chemical-free, organically grown produce, all picked fresh to support a greener future.
https://oursc.com.au/community/from-waste-to-wonder-farm-s-greener-future
Feeding San Diego sends rescued food to help feed livestock at local farms
About 3% of the food at Feeding San Diego’s distribution centers can’t be eaten by people. Livestock is helping make sure it doesn’t go to waste.
Case Study: How DNA Soil Testing Can Enhance Citrus Farming
https://biomemakers.com/blog/how-dna-soil-testing-can-enhance-citrus-farming
How Organic Farming Practices Revive Soil Health and Microbial Diversity: Evidence from DNA Studies
New Zealand’s First Earthworm eDNA Soil Test Paves The Way For Broader Agricultural Applications
Urban Farming : An Alternative Strategy for Food and Nutritional Security
(India)
How composting can reduce methane caused by Thanksgiving food waste
(video, 4 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q9_8WmgG9s
More than 315 million pounds of food wasted this Thanksgiving nationwide
Norfolk site shows how to recycle food waste by composting
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24744882.norfolk-site-shows-recycle-food-waste-composting/
Investigating The Environmental Impacts Of Different Approaches Of Agricultural Waste Management Using Ahp Technique
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Trash to Cash: A lot of people think that composting is just for farmers or those who have land to cultivate.
(Phillipines)
https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/11/30/2403916/trash-cash
Food Waste—A personal experience of a global dilemma
Wasted food costs producers and consumers billions of dollars annually. What can we do?
https://www.beefmagazine.com/policy/food-waste-a-personal-experience-of-a-global-dilemma
Circular-economy-based food systems
https://m.farms.com/news/circular-economy-based-food-systems-220521.aspx
Grant helping Camp McDowell Farm School (Alabama) continue to educate children
https://mynwapaper.com/node/14337
AORA encourages use of compostable caddy liners
(Australia)
https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/aora-encourages-use-of-compostable-caddy-liners/
Learn about Mount Desert Island’s food waste compost project
(Maine)
When Compost Is More Than Food Waste – Nurturing Land, People And Community
(New Zealand)
News from the farm: Soil nerdery & compost evangelism (UK)
Guy Singh-Watson reflects that after yearly application of compost and careful cultivation, the crops and soils seem to be in perfect harmony.
https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/news-from-the-farm-soil-nerdery-compost-evangelism/
New Halifax organics facility turns food waste into high-grade compost
(Canada)
CJ Biomaterials launches PHA compound for straw applications
The amorphous and semi-crystalline PHA grades used in the compound are certified as marine degradable
https://www.sustainableplastics.com/news/cj-biomaterials-launches-pha-compound-straw-applications
How do polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) aged by aerobic compost interact with steroidal estrogens to alter their adsorption and transport characteristics? Kinetics, isotherms, and influencing factors
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389424033144