ILSR’s Composting for Community policy team has once again worked with Delegate Regina T. Boyce (District 43, Baltimore City) to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction ...

This regulation established that on-farm composting facilities are permitted by right as an accessory agricultural use. The bill text was amended from its initial introduction in October 2022 to avoid ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 12, 2024) – Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), made the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s ...

“The Kroger-Albertsons ruling might be the last hurrah of Lina Khan’s FTC tenure, but it probably will not be the last victory for the movement Khan represents,” writes Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic.

“Workplace conditions at Amazon warehouses are unlikely to change until the company’s logistic business is exposed to real competition from unionized workplaces,” says Ron Knox “The committee’s ...

On December 7, the first hands-on food waste composting workshop of the new Montgomery County Master Composter Training Program was held at the Agricultural History Farm Park’s Composting Education ...

In recent years, clean energy and climate advocates have sharpened their focus beyond carbon emissions or kilowatt-hours to equity. Though exact definitions differ, equity means including those ...

Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and other members of the public in ...

Our team fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for small independent businesses. In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell explains the true ...