California’s clean energy program is leading to the unprecedented growth of factory farm biogas facilities nationwide – an emerging sector of the fossil fuel industry that creates methane gas from factory farm pollution to inject…
Compost organizations from around the world announced the establishment of the International Compost Alliance, a voluntary partnership to advance awareness and understanding of the benefits and use of compost on a global scale. The Alliance…
A new online course from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) will support the expansion of locally-based composting initiatives at community gardens, farms, schools and other sites, the organization said. The Community Composting 101 Online…
A recent study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, says compost and compost-enriched soils contain high concentrations of A. fumigatus spores. The study, which was lead author…
New restrictions on landfilling food waste went into effect in New York and California on January 1. With the new restrictions, New York requires large generators of food waste to donate edible food or recycle…