Turning Food Waste into Soil, Roanoke Compost Company Aims To Fill a Curbside Void

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Star City Compost takes food waste from Roanoke residents and businesses and converts it into clean compost that will soon be available for sale. 

https://www.roanokerambler.com/turning-food-waste-into-soil-roanoke-compost-company-aims-to-fill-a-curbside-void/

 

Multimedia series | Food waste

Beyond the bin: The reality of food waste

https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/68820/beyond-the-bin-the-reality-of-food-waste/

 

How food banks prevented 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions last year 

Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/food-banks-mitigated-1-8-million-metric-tons-of-co2-emissions-globally-last-year/

 

Unintended food safety impacts of agricultural circular economies, with case studies in arsenic and mycotoxins

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-024-00293-8

 

Hooray for the home composter!

https://midlandexpress.com.au/community/2024/08/15/the-compost-conversation-14/

 

Could manure and compost act like probiotics, reducing antibiotic resistance in urban soils?

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-manure-compost-probiotics-antibiotic-resistance.html

 

Lords of the Flies: Insects Turn Food Waste Into Feed and Fertilizer in Oregon

https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news/conservation/lords-of-the-flies-insects-turn-food-waste-into-feed-and-fertilizer-in-oregon/article_6c57280a-5a5f-11ef-b6bc-17f5f88cae6c.html

 

Gardnerville (NV) begins Full Circle Compost pilot program, asks residents to be mindful of green-waste contamination

https://www.carsonnow.org/story/08/17/2024/gardnerville-begins-full-circle-compost-pilot-program-asks-residents-be-mindful-gre

 

How This Dining Trend Is Transforming Idaho’s Amazing Food Scene

https://1043wowcountry.com/how-this-dining-trend-is-transforming-idahos-amazing-food-scene/

Ballarat (Australia) residents can now join the Compost Revolution

https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/news/ballarat-residents-can-now-join-compost-revolution

 

10 New Organic Waste Upcycling Solutions Promoting Waste-to-Resource Conversion

Gain data-driven insights on organic waste upcycling, an industry consisting of 11K+ organizations worldwide. We have selected 10 standout innovators from 1.5K+ new organic waste upcycling solutions, advancing the industry with food waste upcycling, humate fertilizer from waste, chemical-free composting, and more.

https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/new-organic-waste-upcycling-solutions/


Revolutionising food waste management

https://thesun.my/opinion-news/revolutionising-food-waste-management-LD12887194

Uniting food waste and farming at Saugeen Ridge Farm 

https://www.loblaw.ca/en/uniting-food-waste-and-farming-at-saugeen-ridge-farm/

North America Compost Service Market Size, Share, Forecast, [2030]

https://www.agninews.co.in/business/north-america-compost-service-market-size-share-forecast-2030/121527/

Completing the Circle: Composting Locally

For Monique DiGiorgio, co-owner of Table to Farm Compost in Durango, Colorado, there is a full circle order to things.

https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/success-stories/completing-circle-composting-locally

Scrap food waste, save money, and fight climate change with DEC (VT Department of Environmental Conservation)

https://vermontbiz.com/news/2024/august/26/scrap-food-waste-save-money-and-fight-climate-change-dec

 

City of Houston Solid Waste Management given approval to reapply for grant to boost food waste composting efforts

The grant is worth $400,000 and if acquired, would also lead to an additional $100,000 contributed by the Special Recycling Revenue Fund.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-city-council-solid-waste-management-grant-food-waste-composting/285-1ce6653c-09f3-4cd5-a78e-64c0aded9b03

 

Allegany County (NY): Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste Workshop 

https://wellsvilleregionalnews.blogspot.com/2024/08/allegany-county-composting-livestock.html

 

Partners hope CompostNow pilot in Avondale Estates (GA) will help increase composting accessibility

https://decaturish.com/2024/08/partners-hope-compostnow-pilot-in-avondale-estates-will-help-increase-composting-accessibility/

 

New Roots Urban Farm is about more than just produce

https://www.feastmagazine.com/community/new-roots-urban-farm-north-st-louis-nonprofits-food-inequity-stl/article_07060522-6408-11ef-b8f9-affe0f9d53a6.html

 

Seven simple ways to make the most of Zero Waste Week

https://www.farminglife.com/read-this/seven-simple-ways-to-make-the-most-of-zero-waste-week-4765046