Dr. Donna Nickerson is the owner of Da’ Shack Farmers Market Health and Wellness, Inc. in Waco, Texas. “Professionally, I’m a psychotherapist, and I also have a deep connection to Indigenous gardening ...

Composting at home is one of the easiest and most impactful ways to reduce household waste. Whether you live in an apartment or have a yard, composting can fit into your lifestyle with just a few ...

Are you intimidated to start composting at home? If you answered yes, consider this: Even if you don’t compost, you’re already dealing with food waste. By not composting, you're just putting your food ...

On a microscopic level, composting refers to a biological process where bacteria, fungi and even worms break down organic material to generate a product that looks like soil but is technically a soil ...

The first question most people have when considering home composting is critters—won’t a pile of food scraps in your yard attract rodents and raccoons? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, but there are ...

Compost can provide your yard’s gardens and flower, tree and vegetable beds with healthy nutrients that help your plants grow. It’s also great for helping strengthen your soil in floods and droughts, ...

If you haven’t started your composting journey, consider this your sign to begin. Turning your kitchen scraps and backyard ...

SUMMERVILLE — Kate Pezzillo started thinking seriously about her trash in graduate school. After studying federal data on American garbage streams as she completed work to become an environmental ...

Electric composters are a recent innovation with a promising future. Now you can compost at home in small spaces with no odors and minimal effort.

In vermicomposters like the Bionicraft (pictured), worms turn your fruit and vegetable scraps into high-quality fertilizer, but they generally aren’t big fans of meats and oily leftovers. Composting ...