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Colorado sends two million tons of organics to landfills each year—that’s more than five times what it diverts for beneficial land use.

Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont educated community members about growing plants alongside solar panels at a fundraiser event for nonprofits Saturday afternoon.

The $450 Lomi Home Composter doesn’t technically create compost. But it does produce a great organic dirt supplement. Is it worth it?

February 11, 2021 at 7:28 PM Under your feet lies a tool for healthier food, cleaner water, and less carbon in our atmosphere. Hint: it’s as old and as cheap as dirt.   When Bedford 2030 relaunched their organization last fall, they not only unveiled a new name, they committed to a new, aggressive goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Town of Bedford 80% by 2030. As one part of the plan to achieve this ambitious objective, Bedford 2030 is thrilled to be launching a new initiative all about the power of soil and plants to capture carbon from the atmosphere.   “[We] will work ...

Sam Brasch/CPR News Bob Yost holds a handful of finished compost at A1 Organics in Keenesburg, which now processes Boulder County food waste. Officials hope to build a local facility. Bob Yost, a company vice president, watches the mixture of yard waste and food scraps form a long pile. The material comes from cities in Boulder County, all of which now offer residential compost pickup. The orange peels and tree branches are ground before being trucked about 50 miles to A1, where massive machines stir the material until it decomposes into compost.  But Yost said little of the final product wi...