How Reducing Food Waste Could Ease Climate Change

Producing the food we throw away generates more greenhouse gases than most entire countries do. By Roff Smith, for National Geographic PUBLISHED THU JAN 22 21:05:00 EST 2015 Workers harvest celery in Greenfield, California. The energy that goes into the production,...

How ‘Ugly’ Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Solve World Hunger

About a third of the planet’s food goes to waste, often because of its looks. That’s enough to feed two billion people. Every year some six billion pounds of U.S. fruits and vegetables go unharvested or unsold, often for aesthetic reasons. By Elizabeth Royte...

Assembly Bill No. 1045 CHAPTER 596 Organic Waste : Composting

Assembly Bill No. 1045 CHAPTER 596   An act to add and repeal Sections 42649.87 and 43032 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.   [ Approved by Governor   October 08, 2015. Filed with Secretary of State   October 08, 2015. ]  ...

Soil Scientists / Compost Experts 2/19/16 MTG

Participants Invitees / Participants Company Whendee Silver, Ph.D. Berkeley UC Labs Ken Alex CA. Gov Andy Coghlan CA. Gov – UC Berkeley Neil Edgar California Compost Coalition Reinhard Hohlwein CalRecycle Jeffrey Creque Carbon Cycle Institute Matt Petersen City of Los...

Symbol Mania: Green Product Certifications you need to know!

Ever been confused by the growing number of green labels you see posted on your food, clothing, or kitchen appliances? With the demand for environmentally friendly products increasing from consumers by the day, there are a myriad of green product certification symbols...