POTSDAM— A local effort to reduce food waste has received nearly $100,000 to expand compost efforts and awareness in St. Lawrence County.
Clarkson University and Compost for Good, a program of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), have been awarded a federal grant that will help them expand community compost awareness and action campaigns across the North Country.
The total amount of the Rural Business Development Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was $99,861.
The program’s goals are to increase awareness and understanding of food waste generation in residential, institutional or commercial facilities and to help those institutions to adopt food waste reduction and recycling strategies.
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