If you think mixing your own potting soil is harmless, think again. A fluffy, nutrient-rich blend that seems perfect for your indoor plants can secretly turn into a mold magnet. It isn’t just a minor ...

More than 6000 pounds of food waste have been composted. Between the overwhelming response to the call for participants and the comments from participants and even passerby at the co-op, the project ...

Aim to buy fresh material, as quality falls off after six months ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Skip the wilting roses this Valentine’s Day. These LEGO Botanicals flower and plant sets make romantic, display-worthy gifts ...

There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry. Green-Wood Cemetery might have found a lifeline. The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room ...

Globally, approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption is wasted, totaling 1.3 billion tons annually. 1 Food waste occurs throughout the supply chain due to manufacturing by-products ...

With an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if ...

The study found that while food waste compost might not be viable as a standalone alternative to commercial potting mix, it could be suitable as part of a substrate mix. Results showed that mixtures ...