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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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