For-Profit Businesses Can be Superheroes Too
September 12, 2011
Now that North Americans have begun to recognize the energy and nutrient potential in organic waste, entrepreneurs have found new ways to make money from this still under-the-radar resource. Organic waste-related businesses that turn a profit while doing good at the same time have begun to spring up across North America. Back to the Roots Read more...
Harvest Expands “Organics Operating System” with Acquisition of Leading Soil & Mulch Manufacturer Coastal Supply
September 6, 2011
Harvest recently turned heads with its acquisition of Coastal Supply, a Delaware-based soil and mulch manufacturer. From the press release: “Coastal Supply, now known as Harvest Garden Pro, operates a robust, award-winning network of manufacturing facilities for bagged soils, mulches and stone. Each year its products and services support over one million gardens throughout 14 Read more...
BoLoCo: Inspired – and Compostable – Burritos
August 26, 2011
When a composting program is well-planned, instituting it can be an incredibly fast process. This was the case at BoLoCo, a New England burrito and smoothie chain for whom composting fit so perfectly that the company’s food scrap diversion program grew from one pilot location two years ago to almost every one of its 18 Read more...
Plain speaking about garbage and compost from the mayor of Portland
August 19, 2011
Earlier this month in this blog we reviewed a major residential food waste program taking shape in Portland, Oregon. (Portland Considers Major Food Waste Recycling Effort). After a successful 2,000 home pilot program, Portland is rolling a major effort out to 145,000 homes. Not everyone is thrilled about the “hassle” of separating out organic waste Read more...
Portland considers major food waste recycling effort
August 11, 2011
Portland, Oregon is the latest North American city considering a major effort at recycling and composting food waste. The benefits of such programs are well documented and in theory could reduce the flow of garbage by nearly 30%. Even without full participation, the reduction in garbage volume for a large city can be significant. In Read more...
An Organic Swap: Compost for Flowers
July 26, 2011
Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Harvest’s office is blooming with organically grown flowers from a local community farm this season thanks to a creative compost-for-flowers swap with Land’s Sake Farm. Once again the interlocking relationships in our community led to positive results. Here’s the story. As readers of this blog are well aware, Read more...
American Biogas Council takes root, announces 100th industry member
June 22, 2011
The American Biogas Council (ABC), an industry association dedicated to promoting the advancement of anaerobic digestion technology, welcomed its 100th member last week and according to Paul Greene, Chairman of the ABC , “America is waking up to the potential of biogas as a tool for job creation, baseload renewable energy generation, stronger family farms, Read more...
More upside to compost: save water, save energy
June 10, 2011
In this blog, we’ve posted extensively on the many layers of benefits that accrue from composting. Notably it keeps organic waste from landfills where valuable nutrients get trapped indefinitely. We’ve also noted the economic and environmental benefits of compost as opposed to chemical or other alternatives. More huge benefits are coming to light as precious Read more...
8 Interesting things about San Francisco’s recycling and composting effort
June 7, 2011
Earth911.com and other media outlets have done a great job of covering San Francisco’s efforts to become a leader in recycling and composting. Since 1996 over 900,000 tons of food scraps and yard trimmings have been composted, and therefore did not end up in landfills where they turn to methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas. Here Read more...
2 minute video on HSAD (High Solids Anaerobic Digestion)
June 3, 2011
Yes, organic materials can be turned into renewable energy and compost —- not through magic, but through a definable process called High Solids Anaerobic Digestion (HSAD). If you have 2 minutes and 2 seconds, you can learn how this works. A huge amount of organic waste material from lawns and yards, from residential and commercial Read more...
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