Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reducing food waste can help reduce emissions from the food's creation and its decomposition in disposal streams. (Getty Images) ...

I kept a compost bin going for almost three years. I turned it, watered it, balanced my greens and browns, and still ended up ...

Brooke Salvaggio, co-owner of Urbavore Urban Farms, waters a cover crop in late August. The farm's gardens get a heavy dose of compost collected at their operation. Yet the farm has been dealing with ...

MONTPELIER The Natural Resources Board has told Karl Hammer to halt operations at Vermont Compost Co., located on Main Street a few miles outside of the state's capital city. Hammer's company, along ...

The Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division is turning yesterday’s leftovers into a valuable resource ...

Members of the Mantua Urban Peace Garden squeeze in just about every crop they can cultivate: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuces, herbs, strawberries, potatoes, beans, and watermelons. But only ...

Where there’s a will, there’s not always a way. Ben Stanger has composted his whole life, starting with a backyard bin when he was a child. But when he wanted to expand his composting efforts and ...

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency will negotiate a contract for services needed to support a county application for a $2 million state grant to have all organic waste ...