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The Future of SB 1383: Tehama Residents can begin preparing for the final wave of new organic waste regulations

Sponsored by: Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency

Since its establishment in 2016, SB1383 has sought to reduce methane emissions in landfills by cutting California’s organic waste disposal by 75% and diverting 20% of edible food to people and food banks by the year 2025. […]


Compost’s the Most: State-funded programs help Tehama growers introduce new farming practices

Sponsored by: Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency

In Tehama County, resource conservation is less about a hands-off approach to nature and more about how residents and agriculture work with the land to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship. For the Resource Conservation District of Tehama County, composting is one area where new environmental needs can blend with traditional farming practices. […]


Scraps to Gold in Tehama County: Composting turns organic waste into valuable fertilizer for small farms

Sponsored by: Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency

The cost-benefit analysis of composting kitchen scraps for a personal garden can be discouraging—but when the process and payoffs of recycling organic waste are scaled up to the size of a small farm, such as Red Gate Ranch in Red Bluff, coffee grounds are as good as gold. […]


Wasting No Time: Rural North Valley counties are exempt from new organic waste regulations, for now.

Sponsored by: Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency

Under SB 1383, new organic waste regulations have begun to take effect throughout California. However, some rural counties are exempt to give them time to assess and address their unique challenges in recycling organic waste. […]


CHIP Turns 50: 50 years, thousands of homes, countless hope.

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

For 50 years, the Community Housing Improvement Project has helped create affordable housing opportunities in Chico and the surrounding counties with one common factor across the motivation, work, and people—it’s plain neighborly. […]


Resident Services: Workshops, after school programs and financial troubleshooting bring life to CHIP’s North Valley rental properties

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

The Community Housing Improvement Program believes rental complexes are more than opportunities for housing—they’re a chance for respite, self-improvement and community. […]


Dreaming of Owning a Home: the CHIP Self-Help program builds communities in the North Valley

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

CHIP’s Self-Help Housing Program partners with USDA Rural Development to develop land or buy finished lots to build subdivisions of about 10 to 50 houses for families whose income is at or below 80% of the area’s median income. […]


Facilities manager stands at a community playground

Under Maintenance: CHIP’s Aaron McClaughlin tends the grounds—and the community

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

Before joining CHIP’s maintenance team close to 20 years ago, McLaughlin started his career as a general contractor and worked in apartment maintenance for market-rate rentals. Now, doing the same work for a nonprofit, McLaughlin has seen the full potential of his work when guided and motivated by a community’s needs. […]


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