MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - For more than a year, Vermont law has required people to compost their food scraps and there are a growing number of ways to do it. One operation out of Montpelier takes that ...

On our self-sustaining, 13-acre mountain retreat, it’s a priority to maintain a self-contained, resourceful, and organic homestead. When we incorporated chickens into the mix, we were pleased not just ...

Chickens peck at food scraps in a compost pile at Black Dirt Farm, a chicken farm that uses food waste as feed. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger Chicken farmers who also run compost operations say a ...

Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...

Compost is the ultimate ingredient for building fertile soil. If everyone composted their kitchen and garden waste, the world would be a cleaner place, and we would all enjoy more productive organic ...

It started with gray water, then escalated to chickens, composting toilets and rain barrels. I’m talking about the two years I’ve spent transforming my humble California bungalow into a test case for ...

The Austin Resource Recovery will host free chicken keeping and backyard composting classes Saturday at the Austin Public Library - Manchaca Road Branch, 5500 Manchaca Road. The chicken keeping class ...

If you want to help take care of the planet, there are many things you can do on an individual level to be more sustainable. You can use eco-friendly products like Swedish dishcloths, reusable bags ...