By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

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Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

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Q: Every morning we have coffee grounds left after our breakfast coffee. I wondered if it would be a good idea to dump them around my smallish vegetable and raspberry garden rather than throwing them ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees will begin to shed their leaves. I can remember as a kid raking up at least 80 bags a year of live ...

Carrot tops, marrowless beef bones and cream past its prime. At worst, these castoff foods are destined for the landfill, at best, the compost bin. But some chefs and restaurateurs in the Twin Cities ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The United States wastes 80 billion pounds of food every year, making us one of the world's worst on that list of shame. Food is the single largest component taking up U.S. landfills.

As Alaskans, our connection to the land runs deep, woven into the fabric of our identity and culture. Yet, as we stand on the precipice of environmental change, our commitment to preserving our lands ...