Catalyzing distributed and diverse local composting across the country to cut food loss, enhance soil, protect the climate, and build community. Community Composters’ Achievements Nationally ...

Adding compost to light, sandy soil helps it hold moisture and nutrients. Adding it to heavy soil improves drainage. Contain your compost in some type of structure 3 to 5 feet wide. Put your compost ...

Composting — a term used and promoted by the environmentally minded, but not something all of us are all-knowing about. If you’re a New York City resident, however, you should probably begin ...

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than ...

In March, the Montgomery County Extension Composter course – a hybrid training focused on best practices for food scrap composting at home and in the community – will be piloted in partnership with ...

If you love gardening, you may have already thought of making your own compost. It’s a good way to use the waste from your kitchen and yard to feed the plants and flowers in your garden. Choosing the ...

TAMPA, Fla, (BLOOM) – In kitchens across the country, a new trend is taking root—at-home composting. As more people look for ways to reduce waste and live sustainably, modern composting ...

I have planted potatoes several years and enjoy eating the young spuds. Mid-March is the time to start planting. You can grow them in garden beds or in a large ...

Using a compost bin is the most effective way of managing the composting process, so consult our expert tests to see which one to buy The bin you use for composting can make a world of difference to ...

Experimenting with compost is an excellent way to recycle kitchen waste into something useful and beneficial for the garden you've worked hard on. But while there are several things on the list of ...