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Compost Happens – March 2026

Glad Gardens Family Farm Market & Greenhouses: Sustainability Tips

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/glad-gardens-family-farm-market-greenhouses-sustainability-tips

These Stories Prove How Inspiring Women Are Leading Food System Transformation

https://foodtank.com/news/2026/02/these-stories-prove-how-inspiring-women-are-leading-food-system-transformation/

London-Based Social Entrepreneur Taz Khan MBE Expands Circular Food Model with New Urban Farm Initiative

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/278893637/london-based-social-entrepreneur-taz-khan-mbe-expands-circular-food-model-with-new-urban-farm-initiative

March In For Composting And Worm-farming Fun

https://www.miragenews.com/march-in-for-composting-and-worm-farming-fun-1628985/

Zero Waste: Food Scrap Collection, Stop N Swap, & Compost Outreach – GrowNYC

https://grownyc.org/initiatives/zero-waste/

 

Reduce Food Waste in Detroit by Composting

More than 6000 pounds of food waste have been composted. Between the overwhelming response to the call for participants and the comments from participants and even passerby at the co-op, the project has demonstrated a distinct enthusiasm for composting among city residents.

https://modeldmedia.com/reduce-food-waste-in-detroit-by-composting/

Subpod Compost: 7 Ways to Boost Sustainable Farming

Subpod compost revolutionizes agriculture with sustainable waste management, improving soil health, crop yields, and regenerative farming for 2025 and beyond.

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/subpod-compost-7-ways-to-boost-sustainable-farming

US Food Waste Pact reports progress on diversion 

The data shows increased composting and anaerobic digestion in 2024, though retailers’ still wasted $26.9 billion worth of food.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/refed-corporate-food-waste-impact-report-pact-progress/813364/

How farmers market leftovers turn into free food for Angelenos

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-farmers-market-leftovers-turn-into-free-food-for-angelenos/ar-AA1Wsg1i

News from the farm: Beans means nourishment in a rush

Good for the gut, purse & environment, the bold bean is having its moment

https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/news-from-the-farm-beans-means-nourishment-in-a-rush/

Canada seeds organic farming transition 

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/03/11/canada-seeds-organic-farming-transition/

Mustard bloom tells a bigger story 

Compost and cover crops rebuild soil across Solano County, Northern California

https://www.thereporter.com/2026/03/09/mustard-bloom-tells-a-bigger-story/

 

Producers, composters renew push for federal rulemaking on compost 

“This national leadership is needed now more than ever to provide market certainty for the US supply chain,” BPI wrote in a letter to the USDA.

https://www.wastedive.com/news/bpi-letter-usda-rulemaking-producers-composters-support/812841/

Hotel turns food waste into compost for farmers

https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/02/1385532/hotel-turns-food-waste-compost-farmers

Biofuels, Circular Economy and Conscious Capitalism: Scaling Pathways for Viksit Bharat and Net Zero

https://dailypioneer.com/news/biofuels-circular-economy-and-conscious-capitalism-scaling-pathways-for-viksit-bharat-and-net-zero

California’s largest composter transforms 1.25 million tons of organic waste into usable product

The finished product is used by farmers, landscapers, nonprofits, and governmental agencies across the state 

https://www.recyclingproductnews.com/article/44353/californias-largest-composter-transforms-125-million-tons-of-organic-waste-into-usable-product

Lomi Compost Machine: 7 Smart Uses for Green Farms

Discover how the lomi compost machine turns organic waste into compost for farms, forestry, and land restoration in 2026 and beyond.

One machine converts organic waste into compost for 3 land-use sectors: agriculture, forestry, and site management.

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/lomi-compost-machine-7-smart-uses-for-green-farms

From Field To Fork: Building A Network To End Agro-Food Waste 

https://www.eurasiareview.com/09032026-from-field-to-fork-building-a-network-to-end-agro-food-waste/

The Secret to Feeding 10 Billion People by 2050 May Already Be in Your Trash

With the global population projected to reach nearly 10 billion within 25 years, the pressure to feed billions more people is mounting — and Cornell scientists are turning to food scraps for answers.

https://www.foodandwine.com/food-waste-protein-source-cornell-university-research-11921820



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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 – 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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Green Mission News – May 2020

From Emergency to Emergence.   The pandemic has also exposed extreme vulnerabilities in the global market economy, including its long and highly specialized linear supply chains,

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Green Mission News – Earth Month 2020

Ecological Reflections on the Corona virus From the forests, to our farms, to our gut microbiome https://navdanyainternational.org/one-planet-one-health-connected-through-biodiversity/ Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air

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Green Mission News – March 2020

Al Gore promotes carbon markets, regenerative agriculture at D.C. conference https://thefern.org/ag_insider/al-gore-promotes-carbon-markets-regenerative-agriculture-at-d-c-conference/ How to support your children in turning climate angst into climate action https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-support-your-children-turning-climate-angst-climate-action/  

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Green Mission News – February, 2020

Banking on Climate? https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Banking_on_Climate_Change_2019_vFINAL1.pdf Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company’s climate failures Employees ‘needed to stand up for what’s right’ despite policy

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Green Mission News – January 2020

Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon https://theconversation.com/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon-128307 Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s person of the year Teen activist lauded by magazine

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Green Mission News – October 2019

‘Genius’ Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/25/763456317/genius-grant-goes-to-marine-scientist-who-embraces-flash-mobs-and-comic-books Is Compost the Secret to Making Ag Climate Friendly? A new

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Green Mission News – September 2019

Greta Thunberg’s Transatlantic Sailing Trip Is Seriously Carbon-Neutral https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/22/greta-thunbergs-transatlantic-sailing-trip-is-seriously-carbon-neutral/   Walter Jehne – The Soil Carbon Sponge, Climate Solutions and Healthy Water Cycles (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123y7jDdbfY

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Green Mission News – July 2019

  A new generation of leaders understands that individual actions won’t fix our environmental problems By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay

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Green Mission News – June 2019

Climate change and biodiversity should be top headline news (David Suzuki) http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2019/05/climate-change-and-biodiversity-should-be-top-headline-news We’re Not the Class of 2019. We’re the Class of 0000. Deliver a

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Green Mission News – May 2019

A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/4/eaaw2869 AND New paper proposes a science-based ‘Global Deal for Nature’ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/new-paper-proposes-a-science-based-global-deal-for-nature/ Why Is Going

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Green Mission News – March 2019

US Youth Climate Strikes https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/ Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/climate/greta-thunburg.html THIS IS A CRISIS FACING UP

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