Cooking Thanksgiving dinner can be quite an undertaking. Have questions before you get started? Kathy Gunst can help. Send her a note here, and she may answer you on air. Is a stew simply a thick soup ...

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New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

After many starts and stops, curbside composting has expanded citywide. Now, separating organic waste from landfill trash is mandatory in every borough. And it’s working — the city is capturing 5 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Heather Wishart-Smith is a board director who covers innovation. When it comes to sustainability, many Americans separate their ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, human composting is basically turning a body into soil instead of ashes as with typical cremation. According to Brittanica, it typically involves ...

Suzanne Vega is solely responsible for why so many of my Gen X contemporaries named their firstborn “Luka,” after her 1987 song of the same name. When Vega joins me via video call, I share this ...

Here’s the dirt on the Big Apple’s new composting effort. The city broke its composting record for the third week in a row — even after officials scrapped fines for its new mandate, The Post has ...

Have you ever tried to sit down and write a song? It’s difficult, and most inspiration for a song comes when you’re not trying to write a song at all. Have you ever listened to an interview with a ...