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Our waste infrastructure lags behind the products we manufacture
One woman has set out to be part of changing it all for the better. An interview with Kaitlin Mogentale of Trashy Chips & Divert, Inc.
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On how to compost grass, a quickie edition
This reader question is one that I think a lot of people have.
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An update on soil testing and LA after the fires.
Or: trying to become better soil stewards, even in hard times <3
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On the aura of Ruth Stout & not sifting my compost
A mini-manifesto on why I don't actually think you need to do it :spicy pepper:
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FREE COMPOST, now showing
Some words on a small art show and the white cube's classical fear of "dirt."
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You Can Compost That?!
LA Climate Week, a compost party, and one of my favorite rants
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Interviewing #1 backyard composter Ahram Park
Or: how compost is a legacy to the soil. <3
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