Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation
Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation

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Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation

The tribe will also install a small biodigester, which will use bacteria to break down organic material in the absence of air — referred to as an anaerobic environment — and turn it to methane for cooking and fertilizer for the tribe’s community garden.