By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

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Food scraps make up 25 billion pounds of trash per year in this country—captured energy that could go back into greening the planet. A wilted broccoli stalk, a grapefruit peel, a carrot top. That’s ...

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Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees will begin to shed their leaves. I can remember as a kid raking up at least 80 bags a year of live ...

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Carrot tops, marrowless beef bones and cream past its prime. At worst, these castoff foods are destined for the landfill, at best, the compost bin. But some chefs and restaurateurs in the Twin Cities ...