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Rejigger your washing machine to irrigate your yard, rather than send that valuable freshwater to the sewer.

Last spring, farms across the country saw a surge in demand for their CSA programs, with signups and waitlists that flourished at rates not seen before.

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A single 16-ounce serving of cold-pressed juice generates, on average, 3.5 pounds of pulp waste. 100 million 16-ounce servings of cold-pressed juice were sold domestically in 2015. The amount of pulp ...