Americans throw away between 30% and 40% of the nation’s food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That waste, which adds up to billions of pounds annually, ends up ...

Ken Sechrist, who likens manure to a perfume, was still unprepared for a drive through Cumberland County farmland likely fertilized with food processing residuals. "It was the most godawful thing I've ...

Inside Look is a Modesto Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Divert Inc. has started up a Turlock plant that turns ...

Researchers have succeeded in establishing a method for producing recycled liquid fertilizer that contains high concentrations of phosphorus. Growing plants can be a joyous, yet frustrating process as ...