TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

According to Marcus Bridgewater, composting is a lot like driving a car. “You can say driving is just about getting in the car and pressing the gas pedal,” the gardener, CEO of Choice Forward, and ...

Sami Grover is a writer and self-described “environmental do-gooder,” now advising community organizations. From taking my compost with me when I moved house, to composting the waste produced by the ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

Compost: everybody's doing it, or they should be. Food waste is a major contributor to landfills, which is why some cities are starting to get aggressive about requiring composting, with their own ...

Every banana peel, coffee ground, and eggshell you toss into the garbage is a tiny act of throwing money away your garden would have turned them into gold for free. The average American household ...

A compost chimney is a simple addition to any pile that can speed up the composting process and eliminate slow or smelly ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here has installed a state-of-the-art composting system at its Nashua, N.H., store. It is designed to compost organic waste on site, thereby cutting disposal ...

If you want to help take care of the planet, there are many things you can do on an individual level to be more sustainable. You can use eco-friendly products like Swedish dishcloths, reusable bags ...

ROCHESTER, Minn — Volunteers from throughout the city of Rochester came out strong for an agricultural compost build day, which months from now will be used by immigrant farmers to feed and support ...