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Go Greener by Composting Your Kitchen Waste
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.

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Bio: Jared served as editor-in-chief for the Santa Monica College newspaper, the Corsair, in 2008 and as staff reporter on the Daily Sundial in 2009 while studying print journalism at California State University, Northridge, where he earned his bachelor's degree. Also, his love for using technology in story-telling led him to pursue Web design. Jared has contributed to several publications in print and online, including Santa Monica Daily Press, GamePro, BPM, Vapors, SOMA and Lost in a Supermarket.
Jared is a former U.S. Marine and a current member of the Military Reporters and Editors Association, the National Press Photographers Association, the Marine Corps Association, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Poynter Institute.
Having joined Patch in May 2010 as a freelance video journalist, and as a staff editor in December 2010, Jared is excited to see where Patch takes online journalism in the years to come.
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.

Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
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Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
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Eating less meat can help reduce your carbon footprint and help the environment.
Eating less meat can help reduce your carbon footprint and help the environment.
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Eating less meat can help reduce your carbon footprint and help the environment.
Eating less meat can help reduce your carbon footprint and help the environment.
Eating less meat can help reduce your carbon footprint and help the environment.
Where to top off for an eco-friendly commute.
Need to charge your electric car? There are a few stations nearby to keep you topped off for your eco-friendly commute.
Need to charge your electric car? There are a few stations nearby to keep you topped off for your eco-friendly commute.
The UCLA study identifies 7,603 autistic children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy.
The UCLA study identifies 7,603 autistic children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy.