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A Degenerative Lobby 

‘Regenerative Agriculture’: the new buzzword for Agrobusiness 

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/degenerative-lobby

Organic Community Joint Statement on “Regenerative Greenwashing”

https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2026/06/Joint-Statement_Regenerative-Greenwashing_Final-Version.pdf?dd

Iran war forces farmers towards fertiliser alternatives like compost

Experts say a shift away from chemical fertiliser could have wider benefits, as its production and usage create significant greenhouse gas emissions

https://www.business-standard.com/amp/world-news/iran-war-forces-farmers-towards-fertiliser-alternatives-like-compost-126053100186_1.html

Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost

https://wtop.com/world/2026/05/iran-war-forces-farmers-seek-fertilizer-alternatives-from-cow-dung-to-compost/

Machine learning-optimized composting strategies can enhance nutrient recycling and transform food system waste into a net carbon sink

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-026-01361-w

Big Apple gives away 5M pounds of compost produced from city’s recycled table scraps: ‘Black gold’ 

https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/black-gold-big-apple-gives-away-5m-pounds-of-compost-produced-from-citys-recycled-table-scraps/

Composting made easy

https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2026/05/composting-made-easy.html

Rwanda’s Food Waste Could Feed Millions. Small Businesses Are Showing How. 

In Rwanda, small businesses are turning coffee waste, fruit pulp and food scraps into fuel, fertilizer and income. In doing so, they’re building a blueprint for circular food systems across Africa.

https://www.wri.org/insights/rwanda-circular-food-systems-small-businesses

Building up, breaking down: UW-Stevens Point expanding its compostability lab

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology is 1 of 8 labs in the country able to certify products as BPI compostable

https://www.wpr.org/news/uw-stevens-point-expand-compostability-lab

Beyond the Farm

Exploring Richmond’s (VA) community gardens and urban agriculture projects 

https://www.styleweekly.com/beyond-the-farm/

Plainfield District 202 students tackle food waste at school

https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2026/05/30/plainfield-district-202-students-tackle-food-waste-at-school/

The USDA’s Local Food Program Transformed Regional Food Systems. Now It’s Gone.

Farmers who lost contracts to sell to food banks and schools say they will survive, ‘but we’re not going to thrive.’

https://civileats.com/2026/06/02/the-usdas-local-food-program-transformed-regional-food-systems-now-its-gone/

Organic options poised to address fertilizer concerns, improve soil health

https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_patriot/community/organic-options-poised-to-address-fertilizer-concerns-improve-soil-health/article_3b1a88fe-df1e-4c34-9bc3-4e580f0cb39b.html

From food waste to ‘black gold’: inside the Dayton (OH) composting movement 

‘Farms can exist and can thrive in urban areas.’ 

https://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/from-food-waste-to-black-gold-inside-the-local-composting-movement/article_650044c3-932f-5b68-a812-86f8d93824d1.html

A Circular Solution for Retail Food Waste Takes Shape in U.S. Grocery Stores

https://foodtank.com/news/2026/05/a-circular-solution-for-retail-food-waste-takes-shape-in-u-s-grocery-stores/

How Seaweed Farming is Shaping the Future of Food and Livelihoods

https://www.farms.com/news/how-seaweed-farming-is-shaping-the-future-of-food-and-livelihoods-242363.aspx

Regenerative reset: How one Herefordshire farm has shifted the focus from pure production to soil biology

A Herefordshire mixed farming business is rethinking its conventional operating system, replacing synthetic inputs and deep cultivations with applied soil biology, integrated livestock and homemade compost teas

https://www.farmersguardian.com/feature/4529870/regenerative-reset-herefordshire-farm-shifted-focus-pure-production-soil-biology

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

Anaerobic digester loans showed “significant delinquency rates,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, while environmental groups see the technology driving an expansion of large-scale animal farming operations.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25052026/usda-biogas-digester-loan-pause/

SEAS master’s project focuses on community composting in Detroit

https://seas.umich.edu/news/seas-masters-project-focuses-community-composting-detroit

Oakland launches first free compost hub, giving residents unlimited compost access

https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/05/11/oakland-free-compost-hub-west-oakland-farm-park/

How Houston Businesses Are Rethinking Organic Waste Management

Organic waste management represents both a practical business decision and a commitment to sustainable growth

https://www.morningagclips.com/how-houston-businesses-are-rethinking-organic-waste-management/

Royal Oak (MI) expands food waste composting program with more drop-off sites

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/royal-oak-expands-food-waste-composting-program-more-drop-off-sites




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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, 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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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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