Food Banks Take on New Role: Managing Wasted Food
Food banks are expanding their roles beyond distributing surplus food by repurposing inedible waste into compost and sustainable resources, helping both the environment and local agriculture. From Second Harvest in Tennessee to FoodCycle Indonesia and ABACO in Colombia, these organizations are implementing innovative waste management solutions like traditional composting and black soldier fly composting to reduce landfill waste, enrich soil, and support small-scale farmers.
https://www.waste360.com/food-waste/food-banks-take-on-new-role-managing-wasted-food
As Miami-Dade cools on burning its garbage, is it finally composting’s big moment?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article299497709.html
Oregon may require farms, producers, hospitals, schools others to compost food waste
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Farm fertilizer or toxic waste? The growing debate over biosolids
North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.
DPW (DC) Launches Food Waste ‘Smart Bin’ Program to Expand Composting Access Citywide
Compost Crew Breaks New Records for Waste Diversion and Customer Growth
Sowing change: Urban farming and the law of the land
A Kansas City couple’s dream was flourishing, then came the reality of balancing urban ag and city codes.
https://www.thepacker.com/news/sustainability/sowing-change-urban-farming-and-law-land
How food and beverage manufacturers are making more sustainable organic waste decisions
San Germán nonprofit, farmers turn solid waste into plant food
Hume’s world-first maggot farm is going global
https://the-riotact.com/humes-world-first-maggot-farm-is-going-global/843949
This tiny bug transforms food waste into nutrient-rich biofertiliser
https://bgr.com/science/this-tiny-bug-transforms-food-waste-into-nutrient-rich-biofertiliser/
Gardener shares simple composting hack without formal compost pile: ‘I’m going to start doing this right away’
“I have been wanting to compost, but have been feeling like it’s just too complicated/expensive and that there must be a better way.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/foolproof-composting-garden-hack/
Proposed composting bill would help farmers and winegrape growers
https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_77a648c2-e43d-11ef-b2b9-f3245d1b083f.html
The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close.
Americans waste more than 300 pounds of food per person per year, study says.