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Composting Makes Sense. Why Don’t More Cities Do It?

Roughly one quarter of all landfill waste in the US is food. If you add... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
Meet the Modern Composters on Wheels

For a Friday afternoon in February, the weather in Missoula, Montana is uncharacteristically spring-like. The... (more)

Lena Beck
March 15, 2024
Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Polyester was once thought to be a wonder fiber. Both durable and efficient, with no... (more)

Sheila Pell
March 1, 2024
A Plastic Tsunami is Taking Over Farms. What Will Stop Plasticulture? 

Barry Friesen remembers the days when plastic wasn’t used on farms. “One of my first... (more)

Jennifer Cole
February 21, 2024
Meet the Ranchers Trying to Restore Grasslands

Mickey Steward has worked hard to rehabilitate her ranch. But then, she’s had to. “You... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 20, 2024
We Bought a Home with a Sterile Suburban Yard. Our Journey To...

My husband and I bought our first home in a small West Virginia town in... (more)

Jessica Andreone
October 6, 2023
Meet the 4th Generation Rancher Driving a Regenerative Cattle Collective Forward

For Cory Carman, choosing to raise cattle outside of the feedlot system always seemed intuitive.... (more)

Brandon Rich
September 29, 2023
To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields

Chris Rauch was strolling past booths at the annual ag show in Spokane last summer... (more)

Ann Leslie Davis
September 25, 2023
Opinion: ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ Is All the Rage, but It’s Not Going to...

Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have... (more)

Anja Bless, The Conversation
May 10, 2023