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truckloads of help
Months after Helene, NC farmers still struggle – but help is arriving by the truckload

Food waste from the Triangle, turned into compost, is helping western North Carolina farmers rebuild soil lost to Hurricane Helene’s floods – one truckload at a time. A grassroots effort is fueling the recovery

https://www.wral.com/news/local/hurricane-helene-recovery-compost-deliveries-western-nc-mar2025/

Local farms in New Hampshire are helping close loop on food waste 

https://www.vnews.com/Food-waste-to-Compost-Bradford-NH-Kearsarge-NH-60491700

 

USDA cuts funds schools use to buy food from farmers 

https://www.vnews.com/USDA-cuts-Vt-farm-to-school-funding-programs-60079588

 

No Food Left Behind, Part 7: Reducing On-Farm Loss to Accelerate Profitability in the Regenerative Transition

https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/no-food-left-behind-part-7-reducing-on-farm-loss-to-accelerate-profitability-in-the-regenerative-transition

 

Plastic pollution from farms is entering food, water, and human bodies 

https://www.ehn.org/plastic-pollution-from-farms-is-entering-food-water-and-human-bodies-2671643291.html

 

Progressive Events: Midwest Manure Summit highlights unique potential of dairy waste

https://www.agproud.com/articles/61252-progressive-events-midwest-manure-summit-highlights-unique-potential-of-dairy-waste

 

Teaching children food waste: Part 2

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/teaching-children-food-waste-part-3

 

World Home Economics Day 2025: Tackling Overconsumption for a Sustainable Future

World Home Economics Day, celebrated on March 21, focuses on making everyday life better. It highlights the importance of managing homes, money, and resources wisely for happier and healthier living.

https://krishijagran.com/blog/world-home-economics-day-2025-tackling-overconsumption-for-a-sustainable-future/

 

Making (human or animal) food from our organic waste may not be as good an idea as first thought

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-food-good-idea-thought.html

 

Opinion: Farmers as entrepreneurs wanted for composting efforts in Kennebunk (ME)

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/21/opinion-farmers-as-entrepreneurs-wanted-for-composting-efforts-in-kennebunk/

Perspective: The U.S. produces plenty of food — other factors make us food insecure

https://www.agdaily.com/insights/us-produces-plenty-of-food-other-factors-make-us-food-insecure/

Farm Wastes as an alternative source for remediation of acidic Soil

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389972812_Farm_Wastes_as_an_alternative_source_for_remediation_of_acidic_Soil

Farmers adding compost in the mix for healthier harvest

They don’t use harmful chemicals or fertilisers

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/star-farmer/2025-03-25-farmers-adding-compost-in-the-mix-for-healthier-harvest

Food waste used as a resource can reduce climate and resource burdens in agrifood systems

https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/1735231/

 

Piazza D’Oro launches home compostable coffee cups

https://www.packagingnews.com.au/beverage/piazza-d-oro-launches-home-compostable-coffee-cups

No Time to Waste: Turning Excess Into Opportunity in the Agriculture Industry

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/columns/letters-to-the-editor/article/2025/04/01/time-waste-turning-excess-industry

The Knoxville Compost Project helps reduce food waste in local landfills by offering residents an alternative to placing food scraps in their trash. Collected scraps are composted at local farms and used to enrich community gardens across the city.

https://www.knoxfocus.com/archives/the-daily-focus/waste-and-resources-management-provides-updates-on-recycling-centers/

Composting efforts spread slowly but steadily

(Adirondack Explorer)

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/compost-efforts-spreading-slowly-but-steadily





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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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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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Green Mission News – May, 2021

Class ConsciousnessCan’t Combine View: We must understand relationship between economy and ecology https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/view-we-must-understand-relationship-between-economy-and-ecology/articleshow/81876857.cms Changing our ways? Behaviour change and the climate crisisThe report of the Cambridge

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2021

What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food. Takeaways from Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial. https://peeled.substack.com/p/what-a-40-year-experiment-can-tell Transform school meals to nourish kids and

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Green Mission News – December, 2020

For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/for-sustainable-business-planetary-boundaries-define-the-new-rules/ What could a good green recovery plan actually look like? What do governments across the

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Green Mission News – July 2020

A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business  https://theconversation.com/a-greener-economy-how-we-make-sustainability-central-to-business-139086   The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape:  Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share Message for

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