Twenty miles south of Boise, crews at the city compost farm are bracing for the busy season. “Grass season,” as compost program director Lisa Knapp calls it, means bag after bag of lawn clippings and ...

On a warm spring afternoon, Ida Williams heated up water for tea at her home in Leimert Park in South L.A. The sun streamed through the kitchen window as she picked up a plastic receptacle with a ...

City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site is part of New ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It can start as a pumpkin on the porch or leaves on the maple tree and can end up in the neighbor’s garden or landscape project. Sioux Falls residents dump about 12,000 tons ...

Control of foodborne pathogens at the farm is a growing concern that is being addressed in the industry. Several methods have shown varying effectiveness in reducing pathogens on the farm, one of ...