After years of talks, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill Sunday that sends long-awaited state regulation of the use of food ...

Americans throw away between 30% and 40% of the nation’s food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That waste, which adds up to billions of pounds annually, ends up ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

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NEW YORK — America has a food waste problem. In a country famed for its large portion sizes, Americans toss out some 30-40% of the food produced. "We think of U.S. households wasting about a third of ...

New York state farms, breweries, and bakeries are turning food waste into opportunity, from surplus bagels for brewing to farm scraps to nourish soil. Meredith has spent a decade covering travel, food ...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Khosla Ventures LLC are among investors providing a fresh round of funding for a startup that makes fertilizer from ground almond shells. Fremont-based Nitricity, ...

CHESTERTOWN — The Town of Chestertown, in partnership with Washington College, will soon add composting — the natural process of recycling organic matter into fertilizer — to its services for ...

For several weeks now, I’ve been using black soldier fly larvae to process my family’s food waste into fertilizer for my garden at a substantially faster clip than traditional composting might. So far ...

The trash can might hold the most valuable gardening supplies in the house. Coffee grounds, eggshells, vegetable peels, and even fallen leaves can transform tired soil into a thriving ecosystem that ...