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ARK = ACTS OF RESTORATIVE KINDNESS

Weaving a patchwork of safe havens for Nature globally, in our gardens, schools, public spaces and beyond.

https://wearetheark.org/?brid=rM37gouDOdA6-RWZG-2Uug

Biochar supercharges composting while cutting greenhouse gas emissions

https://www.earth.com/news/biochar-supercharges-composting-while-cutting-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Let It Rot, Let It Renew: Composting Must Anchor America’s Waste Strategy

The United States loses an estimated 1.7 to 2.3 billion tons of soil every year to runoff and erosion. Agricultural land, especially corn, soybean, and wheat fields, suffers the highest losses. This is not just an environmental crisis; it is an economic one

https://www.waste360.com/composting/let-it-rot-let-it-renew-composting-must-anchor-america-s-waste-strategy

Eco-Friendly Resolutions in 2026: Composting in Alabama

https://thebamabuzz.com/eco-friendly-resolutions-in-2026-composting-in-alabama/

World Soil Day: How Healthy Soil Sustains Food, Health & Planet

https://www.metropolisindia.com/blog/preventive-healthcare/world-soil-day

Totnes (UK) school turns food waste into compost with green award win

It’s been praised for its recycling, composting and sustainability education in a county-wide green recognition scheme

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/totnes-school-turns-food-waste-10680606

Food compost program aims to reduce waste

(Brookings, South Dakota)

https://sdsucollegian.com/32382/news/food-compost-program-aims-to-reduce-waste/

How one Seattle organization is turning food waste into plant food 

A program in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood is reducing garbage while helping residents grow their own gardens.

https://grist.org/sponsored/how-one-seattle-organization-is-turning-food-waste-into-plant-food/

Mulbarton Compost revolutionises agricultural compost in South Australia

https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/mulbarton-compost-revolutionises-agricultural-compost-in-south-australia/

From tour host to organic champion: Duncan honored at Organic Grower Summit

Respected leader in organic space honored for innovation, advancing soil health.

https://www.farmprogress.com/organic-grower-summit/from-tour-host-to-organic-champion-duncan-honored-at-ogs

Gippsland Organics Expansion To Boost Jobs And Agriculture

The upgrade at the Gippsland facility will allow them process an additional 70,000 tonnes of organic material per year, bringing total capacity to 250,000 tonnes per annum.

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/gippsland-organics-expansion-boost-jobs-and-agriculture

Miami-Dade backs pilots to grow organics diversion and composting

https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2025/12/08/miami-dade-backs-pilots-to-grow-organics-diversion-and-composting/

 

Ukraine’s farms once fed billions, but now its soil is starving

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-ukraine-farms-fed-billions-soil.html

With Hunger on the Rise, Urban Gleaners Seek to Strengthen Local Food Security

Amid escalating food costs and cuts to food assistance, collecting surplus food offers an age-old solution. 

https://civileats.com/2025/11/18/with-hunger-on-the-rise-urban-gleaners-seek-to-strengthen-local-food-security/

The Youth-Led Container Garden Movement Tackling Child Hunger in Uganda 

The Kanyanya Youth Urban Oasis initiative provides nutrient-dense food to schools in need by bringing the farm to them.

https://triplepundit.com/2025/school-hunger-uganda-kanyanya-youth-urban-oasis/

Permanent Composting Site Opens In Vienna (VA) After Successful Pilot

After pilot program success at the Vienna Farmers Market, a permanent site is open to take food scraps and other compostable materials.

https://patch.com/virginia/vienna/permanent-composting-site-opens-vienna-after-successful-pilot

Pinecrest (FL) Students Transform Pumpkins into Compost at Inaugural Event

https://communitynewspapers.com/pinecrest-tribune/pinecrest-students-transform-pumpkins-into-compost-at-inaugural-event/

 

Baruch visits Earth Matter NY on Governors Island

https://theticker.org/17494/science/baruch-visits-earth-matter-ny-on-governors-island/

Inside Wegmans’ push to cut trash and help families

From compost to food shelves, Wegmans’ zero waste effort keeps 88% of waste out of landfills.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/videos/grocery/stores/supermarkets/2025/11/20/wegmans-food-waste-plan-powers-farms-feeds-homes/87383053007/

Baseline Food Loss and Waste Report Launched

Today, the Ministry has published a report establishing Aotearoa New Zealand’s first baseline measure of food loss and waste.

https://environment.govt.nz/news/baseline-food-loss-and-waste/

Unlocking circular agriculture could save India billions in fertiliser imports – Dr. Darteh

 The country could save billions of cedis in fertiliser imports and strengthen its agricultural resilience if it fully embraces circular agriculture and scales up organic waste recovery, Dr. Bertha Darteh, Sub-Division Lead for Water, Sanitation Environment at the Ghana Institution

https://cedirates.com/news/unlocking-circular-agriculture-could-save-billions-in-fertiliser-imports–dr-darteh/

 

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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

Archives

Green Mission News – May 2018

Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary film on the circular economy.   “Unless we go to Circular it’s game over for the planet; it’s game over

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Green Mission News – November 2017

The Woman Aiming to Get 50 Million Americans Into the Worker-Owner Economy And she has a plan to do it. http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-woman-aiming-to-get-50-million-americans-into-the-worker-owner-economy-20171026 Global atmospheric CO2 levels

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Green Mission News – August 2017

A Soil Scientist with a Plan for a More Resilient Food System http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/8074/building-a-more-resilient-food-system-requires-a-paradigm-s Earth is becoming ‘Planet Plastic’ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40654915 and Production, use, and fate of

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Green Mission News – June 2017

Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030 The Disruption of Transportation and the Collapse of the Internal-Combustion Vehicle and Oil Industries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585c3439be65942f022bbf9.pdf India’s ‘Fruit of the Gods’ Could Make Solar

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Green Mission News – May 2017

Humans Produce So Much Junk, We Are Creating a New Geological Layer The technofossils we leave behind will create a mark on the planet. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/03/humans_are_creating_a_new_geological_layer_of_technofossils.html

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Green Mission News – December 2016

What makes plastic trash seem so tasty to seabirds? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1109/What-makes-plastic-trash-seem-so-tasty-to-seabirds Plastic island: How our trash is destroying paradise http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/12/world/midway-plastic-island/ Life in Syntropy (Agroforestry; 15 minute

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Green Mission News – October 2016

How restorative agriculture could lead to commercial advantage http://www.producebusinessuk.com/opinion/fresh-opinions/2016/09/22/how-restorative-agriculture-could-lead-to-commercial-advantage Fair World Project Releases Statement on US, China Formal Sign-On to Paris Climate Agreement Leading Consumer

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Green Mission News – May 2016

Largest US food producers ask Congress to shield lobbying activities United Egg Producers, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council are proposing a

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Green Mission News – April 2016

Carbon Farming: Fighting Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture Lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide to a level that will avoid catastrophic climate change requires massive shifts across

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Green Mission News – March 2016

The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone (McKibben) DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/FILE 2015 A view of the Kronebreen Glacier in northern Norway.

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Green Mission News November 2015

A Soil Pilgrimage http://www.asianage.com/columnists/soil-pilgrimage-994 GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N12C0Z520151029?rpc=401& World’s “appetite” for renewables is growing, but faster transition is needed,

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Green Mission News October 2015

Pope Francis would love the obscure theories of this dead Romanian economist http://qz.com/510096/pope-francis-would-love-the-theories-of-this-dead-romanian-economist/ THE NEED FOR A NEW ECONOMIC SYSTEM: PART 9 http://www.countercurrents.org/avery220815.htm   Brazil

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Old-Green Mission News November 2015

A Soil Pilgrimage http://www.asianage.com/columnists/soil-pilgrimage-994 GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N12C0Z520151029?rpc=401& World’s “appetite” for renewables is growing, but faster transition is needed,

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