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On a webinar hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance on Wednesday, stakeholders in Colorado, Florida and Maryland ...

One of the women I worked with in Ecuador was a composting expert. I never knew there was so much a person could learn from rotted garbage. At first I thought she was a nut — she started out her ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — We throw a lot of stuff in the garbage but not all of it belongs in a landfill, like food scraps and yard waste. Food scraps, yard clippings and even dead sticks have organic ...

Composting is a natural process that allows microbes to convert yard waste and kitchen scraps to a useful organic soil amendment or mulch. Gardeners have abundant materials that can be used for ...

I know composting is good for our environment. Outside of creating a healthier soil environment for plants, what other benefits does composting provide our community? Thank you for the great question.