Welcome to Table Scraps, an intermittent series on the growing problem of food waste and what some eateries, officials, farms, institutes, and everyday people are doing right. This isn’t a guilt trip, ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

On a sunny Saturday morning in June, Amanda Simons and Gabriel Doyle arrived at the Ocean View Community Garden in San Diego’s Mountain View neighborhood with a 5-gallon, locked white bucket. Inside ...

Fresh, crumbly soil that smells like a forest floor does not require a trip to the garden center or a pricey delivery fee.

The Lakes Region Planning Commission is using an $87,300 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to promote food waste ...

There’s a reason gardeners in South Florida call compost “black gold” and why many of them produce it in their own yards. “I find composting empowering; you don’t have to wait on anyone,” said Lanette ...

This time last year, my slow crawl toward living more sustainably led me to start composting at home. But perhaps to the chagrin of my farming grandparents, I had no plans to do it myself. Instead, I ...

Michael Larrivee and his team of volunteers at The Compost Fairy are on a mission. They want your food waste — and for good reason. The Compost Fairy is a Memphis nonprofit created to help everyday ...