DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

Compost bedded pack barns represent an innovative alternative to traditional housing systems, offering a dynamic environment where dairy cows benefit from continuously composted bedding materials.

Back yards are overflowing with old plant material, stuff once foolishly called "garbage:" old stems, leaves and flowers from the garden; kitchen trimmings; leaves from trees. A bit of modern-day ...

Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November. More than 1 billion pounds (454 million kilograms) of pumpkins rot in U.S. landfills each year after Halloween, according to the ...

Learn how to build a garden compost system, choose a suitable method, manage greens and browns, control moisture and airflow, and know when it’s ready.

Karla Salp / Washington State Department Of Agriculture Lynne Carpenter-Boggs composted her first hog back in 1998, in Minnesota. “It was fairly ambitious,” she says. “It [composting animals] was ...

If there ever was a time for composting, it is now. Backyards are overflowing with old plant material, stuff once foolishly called "garbage:" old stems, leaves, and flowers from the garden; kitchen ...