Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation
Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation
www.opb.org Umatilla tribes to launch food waste reduction project in northeast Oregon reservation
This spring, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will initiate a first-of-its-kind food waste reduction project. The tribe will look at how much food the community throws away. It will also install a biodigester in the Mission area of the 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.
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