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Compost Happens – November 2025

 

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A Return to the Roots of the Organic Method

https://www.eliotbarbara.com/read-our-books/the-self-fed-farm-and-garden/

Keep Compost Local: A Roadmap for Public-Private Partnerships (December 9, 2025)

https://ilsr.org/article/composting-for-community/keep-compost-local-2025/

Kern County, California, celebrates compost facility opening

The new facility is expected to divert 100,000 tons of organic waste from landfills annually.

https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/kern-county-california-celebrates-compost-facility-opening/

Researchers make stunning discovery after studying farmland treated with organic fertilizers for years: ‘This is the first direct evidence’

It could prompt changes in the agricultural industry.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/soil-carbon-storage-agricultural-study-fertilizer-benefits/

California Legalizes On Ranch Composting for Livestock Mortalities and Butcher Waste

https://www.sierradailynews.com/state/california-legalizes-on-ranch-composting-for-livestock-mortalities-and-butcher-waste/

The Campus Community and Composting

https://www.tntechoracle.com/2025/10/22/the-campus-community-and-composting/

Green ways to discard leftover pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns

https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/green-ways-to-discard-leftover-pumpkins-jack-o-lanterns,38290

Valley Bounty: Serving sustainability: Deerfield Academy relies on local farms to feed students 

https://gazettenet.com/2025/10/24/valley-bounty-serving-sustainability-deerfield-academy-relies-on-local-farms-to-feed-students/

The power of worms: Meet farmers transforming organic waste into wealth

https://nation.africa/kenya/health/the-power-of-worms-meet-farmers-transforming-organic-waste-into-wealth-5242820

A new interactive map, released today by the national environmental group Food & Water Watch, paints a first-ever comprehensive picture of all factory farm biogas projects making money off of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/10/28/new-map-catalogues-nationwide-ca-funded-factory-farm-gas-network/

 

Amid SNAP Turmoil, These Options Can Help Fill the Food Gap

https://civileats.com/2025/11/05/amid-snap-turmoil-these-options-can-help-fill-the-food-gap/

Why Climate Action Must Start on Our Plates 

Rebalancing industrial animal farming cuts emissions, limits disease risk, protects biodiversity, and strengthens food security, reminding us that human, animal, and planetary well-being are inseparable.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-action-food-systems

 

Topsoil leads the way

Lana and Dan Nicholson’s Topsoil Organics won the Excellence in Large Business gong at the NSW (Australia) Business Awards. NSW Business award for visionary Forbes business.

https://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/news/business/topsoil-leads-the-way-maiye3jz

Community Farmers Markets Address Food Waste and Food Security With a Drawdown Georgia Grant

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/community-farmers-markets-address-food-141000102.html

Sowing Tomorrow: Land Access and the New Generation of Farmers

https://foodtank.com/news/2025/10/sowing-tomorrow-land-access-and-the-new-generation-of-farmers/

What the World’s Farmers Can Teach Us About Climate Resilience (audio)

As climate change transforms how we grow and eat, we look abroad for lessons in adaptability — and what they reveal about protecting our global food system.

https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/10/29/what-the-worlds-farmers-can-teach-us-about-climate-resilience

 Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.70076

Agriculture Organic Farming: 7 Sustainable Ways 2026

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/agriculture-organic-farming-7-sustainable-ways-2026

Farm Aid 40 By the Numbers

https://www.farmaid.org/blog/farm-aid-40-by-the-numbers/

Mill and Compost Crew launch food scrap recycling service

The service is available to customers across Maryland, northern Virginia and the DMV.

https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/mill-and-compost-crew-launch-food-scrap-recycling-service/

Student-led compost project aims to build community and fight landfill waste

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2025/10/21/student-led-compost-project-builds-community-fights-landfill-waste/86802858007/

 

Biodegradable Techniques Boost Farm Waste Composting Efficiency

https://bioengineer.org/biodegradable-techniques-boost-farm-waste-composting-efficiency/

Circular Economy in Agriculture

https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/836815

Collaborations to encourage composting in the county

https://newfalconherald.com/collaborations-to-encourage-composting-in-the-county/

Cow Dung Compost: Top 5 Sustainable Benefits for 2026

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/cow-dung-compost-top-5-sustainable-benefits-for-2026

Animal Farming Is ‘World’s Biggest Cause Of Food Waste,’ Says Report 

If the industry stopped using grain to feed farm animals, the food system could accommodate an extra 2.5 billion people 

https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/animal-farming-biggest-cause-food-waste/

University recognised for plan to cut food waste

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/university-recognised-plan-cut-food-171314947.html

US farmers issue warning as critical crop becomes harder to grow: ‘It’s kind of scary

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-farmers-issue-warning-critical-001500910.html

How depackaging is radically changing the organics recycling market in Vermont 

Depackagers rerouted significant amounts of organic waste from composters when they arrived in the state several years ago. Regulators now wonder if they can claw back a clean stream.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/depackaging-impact-vermont-compost-organic-waste-recycling/804433/

Dining’s efforts to reduce waste go beyond the clean plate club

https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2025/11/05/dinings-efforts-reduce-waste-go-beyond-clean-plate-club

With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline 

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/snap-in-crisis-food-waste-problem-has-become-a-lifeline/

Reduce, reuse, recycle this Oklahoma holiday season

https://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/11/07/reduce-reuse-recycle-this-holiday-season/

Earthworms – the ‘biological machine’ of green agriculture

KHANH HOA, Vietnam;  From agricultural waste, earthworms become a ‘biological machine’ that helps form a circular agricultural model, creating clean agricultural products, increasing value, and protecting the environment.

https://www.vietnam.vn/en/trun-que-co-may-sinh-hoc-cua-nong-nghiep-xanh

Soup kitchen crusades against food waste

https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2025/11/08/soup-kitchen-crusades-against-food-waste/

A Sample Grant Proposal on “Innovative Solutions to Reduce Food Waste Globally”

https://www.fundsforngos.org/all-proposals/a-sample-grant-proposal-on-innovative-solutions-to-reduce-food-waste-globally/

Cornell’s Tech Farm II boosts food and ag innovation in the Finger Lakes 

https://rbj.net/2025/11/10/cornell-tech-farm-ii-expands-food-ag-innovation-geneva/




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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 – 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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Green Mission News – October, 2022

Keep it green and lean. Chevron Ad Adam McKay (video 1 min, 40 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XTGteritE   The Campaign to Criminalize Ecocide https://theglobalobservatory.org/2022/03/the-benefits-challenges-and-limitations-of-criminalizing-ecocide/ and www.stopecocide.earth/leading-states Beyond

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Green Mission News – June, 2022

Following Record Growth in 2021, Renewables on Track for New High in 2022 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/following-record-growth-in-2021-renewables-on-track-for-new-high-in-2022   The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy https://boogiegreen.com/2022/05/12/the-insanity-of-expanding-nuclear-energy/   Greenpeace’s Russel Norman

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Green Mission News – March, 2022

  Is Earth Smart?We came up with a way to measure the intelligence of entire planets. Things aren’t looking great for ours.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/biosphere-planetary-intelligence-evolution/622867/ Can a planet

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Green Mission News – February, 2022

Just What Is a ‘Resilient’ Forest, Anyway? https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/just-what-resilient-forest-anyway California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/california-redwood-forest-returned-to-indigenous-guardianship-conservation/ Trees are important for cleaner air in cities

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Green Mission News – November, 2021

Agrovoltaics = Agriculture + Solar Photovoltaics = Win For Everyone https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/11/2057534/-Agrovoltaics-Agriculture-Solar-Photovoltaics-Win-For-Everyone Stella Vita: The newest solar-powered vehicle.Our Self-sustaining House On Wheels.https://solarteameindhoven.nl/ Cooking with the sun:

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Green Mission News – October, 2021

Welcome to the Pyrocene.Our society’s appetite for one kind of burning—fossil fuel combustion—has thrust us into a new Fire Age that is reshaping the Earth.https://inthesetimes.com/article/wildfire-history-steve-pyne-fossil-fuels-climate-fire-age-pyrocene

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Green Mission News – July, 2021

Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/climate-and-biodiversity-benefit-from-rubber-agroforestry-report/ Extreme events: ecosystems offer cost effective protection https://www.cmcc.it/article/extreme-events-protect-with-ecosystems-is-cost-effective New research lifts the clouds on land

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