One of my new year's resolutions was to get the composting under control. Saving garden and kitchen waste is not itself the problem: I'm such a compost fanatic that I've been known to scrape up the ...

The idea of composting appeals to many of us. But what if you live in an apartment with a small balcony? Or what if you just aren’t going to get out to the compost pile in the back yard after every ...

As Tom Philpott wrote in the introductory essay to Grist’s Feeding the City series, urban agriculture took a huge hit once combustible-fuel machines replaced horses — and horse manure — as the vehicle ...

It's a sacred principle of container gardening, but putting crocks at the bottom of a container can do more damage than good. Dig deep: using crocks, left, will reduce the volume of compost that is ...

Composting is the new recycling--it's cool, it's green, and, well, smelly. But there are companies out there who recognize the importance of making composting more palatable to consumers. First there ...

When Sarah Kovner was a special assistant to Donna Shalala, the secretary of health and human services during both Clinton terms, Friday evenings went something like this: Sweep desk debris into her ...