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Posts tagged compost

October 7, 2010

Food Packaging 

Sunchips

Consumers Dump SunChip’s Compostable Bag

SunChip's compostable bag has consumers covering their ears and hiding their pocketbooks. A bump in the road for a company trying to do the right thing?

June 22, 2010

Green Roofs 

Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art roof garden

Manhattan Scientists Try Aerial Agriculture

Scientists from Columbia University are experimenting with more practical ways to make Manhattan roofs green. Really green. As in covered in vegetation!

May 24, 2010

Gardening Tips 

eggshells filled with dirt in an egg carton

Eco-Friendly Gardening: Planting Seedlings In Eggshells

I'd read somewhere that you can actually grow seedlings in eggshells. Would it really work? I finally decided to simply get started and see what happens.

May 10, 2010

Spring Vegetables 

rhubarb in a box

Celebrate Rhubarb With A Tasty Gingered Rhubarb Crisp

Not many know what to do with this old-fashioned favorite, but Earth Eats contributor Amy Jeanroy gives you a few ideas and shares a favorite recipe

April 13, 2010

Composting 

bucket compost

Compostable Chip Bags: Marketing Ploy Or Environmental Good Deed

New compostable packaging by snack companies breaks down in 14 weeks in a compost pile, but what happens when it winds up in a landfill?

January 7, 2010

Community Gardening 

6 people standing in the Crestmont Community Garden

The Community Garden: A Community of Living Things

For Earth Eats' new blogger, Alex Smith the value of a community garden is more than just the food, it's the connections people make with one another.

November 27, 2009

Holiday Leftovers 

A refrigerator full of thanksgiving leftovers

Creative Inspiration For Your Thanksgiving Leftovers

What to do with all the leftovers from your Thanksgiving meal! In this week's podcast, Chef Orr gives you some of his favorite ways to use up all that turkey.

November 25, 2009

Recycling and Composting 

three receptacles: trash, recyclables, and compostables

City of San Francisco Implements Mandatory Composting Program

Last month the city of San Francisco implemented the nation's first mandatory composting program, helping to close the loop locally in the bay area.

August 6, 2009

Grow Your Own 

potatoes

Growing Your Own Potatoes

You don't need several acres of land to grow your own food. In fact, according to Chef Orr, all you need is a basket and some compost to grow your on potatoes!

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