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Compost Happens – December 2024

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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

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariannekrasny/2024/12/03/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. 

https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/month-of-a-million-meals/feeding-san-diego-sends-rescued-food-to-help-feed-livestock-at-local-farms

 

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

https://agrilifeorganic.org/2024/11/07/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

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2408/S00039/new-zealands-first-earthworm-edna-soil-test-paves-the-way-for-broader-agricultural-applications.htm

 

Urban Farming : An Alternative Strategy for Food and Nutritional Security

(India)

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/urban-farmingan-alternative-strategy-for-food-and-nutritional-security/

 

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

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/11/29/more-than-315-million-pounds-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)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386218148_Investigating_The_Environmental_Impacts_Of_Different_Approaches_Of_Agricultural_Waste_Management_Using_Ahp_Technique

 

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)

https://www.mdislander.com/lifestyle/learn-about-mount-desert-islands-food-waste-compost-project/article_dc86b194-acd6-11ef-ac79-93aaf8a7f587.html

 

When Compost Is More Than Food Waste – Nurturing Land, People And Community

(New Zealand)

https://community.scoop.co.nz/2024/11/when-compost-is-more-than-food-waste-nurturing-land-people-and-community/

 

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)

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/new-halifax-organics-facility-turns-food-waste-into-high-grade-compost/ar-AA1uUs8n



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



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GEME Breaks New Ground in World’s First Bio Waste Composter Machine

 https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/marketers-media/geme-breaks-new-ground-world-s-141031169.html#ixzz8fQMtYr81

 

How major food manufacturers are cutting food waste 

Food manufacturers are prioritising food-waste reduction at all stages of production, and in doing so, are reducing costs too. 

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/07/03/How-Mondelez-and-Kraft-Heinz-are-cutting-food-waste 

Ways for food retailers to reduce waste

Independent retailers can lead the charge on slashing single-use plastics and reducing the amount of food waste being sent to landfill – here’s how

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/news/ways-for-food-retailers-to-reduce-waste

 

Nature Fresh Farms using AI technology to help develop more sustainable farming

https://www.am800cklw.com/news/nature-fresh-farms-using-ai-technology-to-help-develop-more-sustainable-farming.html

 

Lineage unveils a Global Food Chain Innovation Challenge to combat food waste

https://www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/53727/lineage-unveils-a-global-food-chain-innovation-challenge-to-combat-food-waste/

 

City of Sonoma awards 10-year waste disposal contract to longtime local partners

Waste disposal provider Sonoma Garbage Collectors will increase rates by 20% and update practices to comply with state regulations

https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/sonoma-local-garbage-collectors-contract

A robot is helping turn food waste into compost in Detroit 

https://www.bridgedetroit.com/a-robot-is-helping-turn-food-waste-into-compost-in-detroit/

Using crop waste to develop biobased plastics 

https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/using-crop-waste-to-develop-biobased-plastics/

Coming full circle
Momentum for composting is growing – will the buck(et) stop in Durango?

https://www.durangotelegraph.com/news/top-stories/coming-full-circle/

Phoenix’s food waste reduction program supporting local restaurants enters 2nd phase

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/phoenixs-food-waste-reduction-program-enters-its-second-phase

Food Scraps Recycling Drop-off at the West Community Market Begins on July 20, 2024

https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/2024-07-08/food-scraps-recycling-drop-off-at-the-west-community-market-begins-on-july-20-2024

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Compost Happens – December 2024

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 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariannekrasny/2024/12/03/what-everyone-should-know-about-food-waste-solutions/ From waste

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Compost Happens – November 2024

Community Composters Innovate, Adapt, and Connect at the 8th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum https://ilsr.org/articles/cultivating-community-composting-2024/ These East Denver neighborhoods will get compost service next Congratulations

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Green Mission News – November 2024

Flowers and the Birth of Ecology  Without flowers, there would be no us. https://nautil.us/flowers-and-the-birth-of-ecology-917041/ I have acreage to sell you in Antarctica: Antarctica is ‘greening’

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Compost Happens – October 2024

Lion Farms offers wide variety of organic Florida mushrooms https://communitynewspapers.com/south-dade/lion-farms-offers-wide-variety-of-organic-florida-mushrooms/ How State Organic Waste Ban Policies Can Drive Food Waste Reduction  Organic waste bans are

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Green Mission News – October 2024

Book review: The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html and https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-03-21/the-nutmegs-curse-review/ Letter from the Farm | Wild Geese and

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Green Mission News – September 2024

5 big ways U.S. communities are working to minimize harm from climate change https://ensia.com/notable/5-big-ways-u-s-communities-are-working-to-minimize-harm-from-climate-change/   In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities

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Compost Happens – August 2024

US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity  https://sustainablebrands.com/read/finance-investment/outdated-composting-infrastructure-investment-opportunity   Table2Farms: Innovating Composting to Combat Climate Change https://foodtank.com/news/2024/07/innovating-composting-to-combat-climate-change/   Ventura County organic recycler putting waste

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Green Mission News – August 2024

QUOTATIONS FROM ROGER REVELLE Compiled by Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives https://library.ucsd.edu/scilib/biogr/day_quotations-from-roger-revelle.pdf and In 1957, Climate Scientist Warned Congress That Fossil-Fueled Global Warming

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Green Mission News – June 2024

  What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?  Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers. https://grist.org/business/what-will-it-take-to-get-companies-to-embrace-reusable-packaging/   Green

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Compost Happens Now – May 2024

International Compost Awareness Week Slated May 5-11 This year’s theme is COMPOST … Nature’s Climate Champion https://www.morningagclips.com/international-compost-awareness-week-slated-may-5-11/ ‘Just Eat It’ explores food waste and surplus

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Green Mission News – May 2024

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects,

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Compost Happens – Earth Month 2024

Earth Month UWS Explainer: How to ‘Compost’ Food Scraps and Why It Matters https://www.westsiderag.com/2024/04/11/earth-month-uws-explainer-how-to-compost-food-scraps-and-why-it-matters Navigating the Compostable Packaging Landscape: Insights from BPI Executive Director Rhodes

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2024

‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution https://www.ecowatch.com/aruba-nature-rights-constitution.html   In Libya, one person’s garbage is another person’s

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Compost Happens – March 2024

Opportunities for scaling compost strategies help farms’ soil health https://www.agdaily.com/features/opportunities-for-scaling-compost-strategies-help-farms-soil-health/   GrowNYC prepares layoffs as city shifts to curbside composting https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/grownyc-cut-54-workers-city-shifts-curbside-composting   Local farmers discuss

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Compost Happens – February, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Composting: Enhancing Soil Health and Boosting Crop Yields https://medriva.com/health/eco-health/unlocking-the-power-of-composting-enhancing-soil-health-and-boosting-crop-yields/   Chance Farm pursues ‘closed loop’ agriculture with composting group https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/agriculture/chance-farms-pursues-closed-loop-agriculture-with-composting-group/article_0011a7a0-c6c7-11ee-9c20-abf130d4d6b4.html  

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Green Mission News – February, 2024

    Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”.Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_develop_ecoliteracy

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Green Mission News – November, 2023

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html   The in-depth assessment presented

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Green Mission News – October, 2023

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap https://atmos.earth/a-love-letter-to-my-compost-heap/   The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods For two

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Green Mission News – September, 2023

4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters https://theconversation.com/4-factors-driving-2023s-extreme-heat-and-climate-disasters-209975   True regenerative economies help everyone prosper https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/09/opinion/true-regenerative-economies-help-everyone-prosper   The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons Twelfth-century

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Green Mission News – August, 2023

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/one-seed-at-a-time-lebanese-project-promotes-agroecology-for-farmer-autonomy/   On the Cusp of Cleaning Up “Cancer Alley,” the EPA Caved

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Green Mission News – June, 2023

Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00198-7   Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain

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Green Mission News – May, 2023

Discussing systems changes and the circular economy with Dr Anna Birney (5:39 minutes video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-1Jnlg5V4   What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines? Should

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Green Mission News – January, 2023

  New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook Monsanto’s Tactics to Defend Toxic Weedkiller Glyphosate Exposed https://foe.org/news/merchants-of-poison/   2022 Sustainability ReportTetra Pak

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Green Mission News – November, 2022

John D Liu  Ecological Restoration (10 min, video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hEEFXABFwrY How could positive “tipping points” accelerate climate action? As catastrophic climate change tipping points loom, could

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