Bokashi uses fermentation to break down food waste into beneficial pre-compost. The process takes place inside an airtight container, making it odor- and pest-free. Unlike traditional composting, you ...

If you're tired of smelly garbage, the Vego Kitchen Composter is a great way to responsibly dispose of food scraps — if you're fine with sacrificing the countertop space. Food waste is a big deal.

Dear Heloise: I have a plastic compost bucket in my kitchen. We dump all vegetable and fruit discards in it and then dump it in the green bin for the city to compost. I tossed my old one because I ...

This is a great option for small indoor spaces. Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

’Tis the season! Of giving, spending, cheers and—let’s admit it—excess food that often gets thrown out. And while we are all for resurrecting Noche Buena leftovers—see our recipes here—some meals just ...

Dan Kilrain checks the temperature of the compost pile at Work Farm Song on a Tuesday afternoon. Credit: SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN— Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for essential news ...

It’s tempting to think of composting as building a holder, throwing in food and coming back a few weeks later to something you can toss in your garden, but the reality requires much more time, space ...