Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sustainable farming is making headlines after researchers discovered a unique connection between organic farming and carbon ...

Rajasthan farmer Ganga Ram Sepat uses organic compost, mulching and plant-based sprays to grow healthy cucumbers without chemicals in a profitable polyhouse system.

I recently got a question from a reader about where to get good soil and compost. Part of her request was for “organic” soil and compost. The Spokane region is home to a wide variety of soils ...

Don't just grab any fertilizer. Learn the differences between organic, natural, and synthetic options to make the best choice for your garden.

Eighty people opted to cram in the conference room at the Mendenhall Valley Library to hear Lisa Daugherty offer advice on composting on a sunny Saturday last March instead of bask under blue sky.

This week, New York City’s war on rats starts a welcome new offensive with the mandatory organic food waste collection (also called curbside composting) for all New Yorkers’ homes. The rules to ...

If Joy Doherty had her way, all of Long Island would be composting. A former social worker, Doherty discovered composting soon after being laid off in December 2018, leading her to reevaluate her ...

Q. I read that there is a new law that requires all food waste to be composted in Redding. I was visiting my daughter and her family in Davis and they have a separate container for their food waste. I ...