In this video brought to you by the Local Motives YouTube channel, we explore how a small community urban farm in Red Hook, Brooklyn produces over 150 tons of compost every year with just hand tools.

As producers look for alternatives to rising fertilizer prices, compost and biological applications are drawing increased ...

Volunteer Columbia hosted a composting workshop focused on the vermicomposting method, which utilizes the red wiggler worm species. The workshop was held by volunteers Jody Cook and Lindsey Smith.

The trick (the only trick?) is to always have something happening. To have some compost brewing, seeds germinating, beds warming undercover, etc. Make it a part of your daily routine, like anything ...

A chipper shreds a Fresno County orchard to make room for a recharge project. (photo: Department of Water Resources) With its ban on open agricultural burning, California has few options left for the ...

Composting organic wastes diverts materials from landfills, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enriches soils – all favorable outcomes for the city of Durango’s sustainability goals. But composting ...

It may not yet be a substitute for chemical fertilisers, but domestic wet waste — those rotten food leftovers we dump in bin bags — could become a carbon-rich compost supplement for farms. The ...

California legislators aren’t throwing away a bill on composting. In fact, a bill meant to make it easier for farms, vineyards and smaller-scale community farms and gardens to do their own composting ...

Composting your food scraps leads to nutrient-rich soil that your garden will love — we asked experts for the best advice on how to do it at home.