MUSKEGON, MI - A new composting program hosted at the Muskegon Farmers Market has already saved one ton of food waste from going to the landfill after one month in operation.

Green Michigan is a Muskegon-based, West Michigan nonprofit that provides sustainability education and programming.

For the last month, Director Angela Fox has been running a weekly compost program at the downtown Muskegon farmers market, allowing people to drop off their food scraps for a fee.

“Out of all the wicked problems related to sustainability, food waste is one of the easier problems to solve,” Fox said, mentioning more complex environmental problems like air and water quality.

Fox has a stand under a green umbrella each week at the center of the farmers market where people drop off food waste: food scra

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