Curbside Composter

12/14/2024

Introducing our newest board member, Teddy Joe. He's been onboard now for 9 months and already he's gaining much admiration from the rest of the team.
Happy Holidays everyone! 🎄🌍🪱🍌❤️

12/02/2024

Researchers find that organic farming increases the quantity and diversity of crop plant microbiota, safeguarding crops with enhanced pathogen resistance.

11/29/2024

https://youtu.be/u2qTX_JwIIM?feature=shared

The tradition of a Thanksgiving meal includes staples like turkey, pie and stuffing. But many of us know the holiday can include a stuffed trashcan and the i...

11/22/2024

This fails to inform that you can add soil organic matter by spreading compost. Biochar will help to lock in those nutrients, create water storage and also permeability of the soil.

Building soil organic matter and improving soil health is a long-term investment and requires consistent practices like having well-timed and purposeful tillage, planting cover crops and implementing crop rotation and diversity.

11/21/2024

Schools in Pune are integrating composting into their curriculum, educating students on waste reduction and environmental responsibility through hands-on vermicomposting projects. Discover how students are learning valuable lessons while contributing to sustainable practices.

11/07/2024

PFAS in the sewage along with other chemicals being streamlined into the food system. I've been saying this for 15 plus years! LANDFILL THE SEWAGE AND SAVE THE FOOD WASTE!

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) recently published important new data in the scientific Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The research comes from a study on the movement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soil into grass-based forages grown f...

10/30/2024

NEWS FLASH!!!! "An agricultural expert says composting may be the solution to reducing food waste in Illinois landfills."

An agricultural expert says composting may be the solution to reducing food waste in Illinois landfills.

10/22/2024

Good point, it’s a community not a commodity…

10/09/2024

In Chile, an NGO called Refeeding Foundation takes food waste from Santiago markets and reuses it as livestock feed to take the burden off of drought-affecte...

10/07/2024

This week, New York City’s war on rats starts a welcome new offensive with the mandatory organic food waste collection (also called curbside composting) for all New Yorkers’ homes. The …

10/02/2024

This is what happens when you shred your food waste then compost it.

A frustrated gardener shared concerning photos of plastic gathered from their store-bought compost.

09/27/2024

One person's trash is another's lifelong lesson on how to live sustainably -- as exemplified by students who have mastered the craft of composting.

09/19/2024

In a forest, fallen leaves fertilize the soil and offer habitat to pollinators and other wildlife. Many species of moth and butterfly overwinter in developmental stages among fallen foliage.

09/19/2024

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Derek Fry from Madison, WI, United States has made 87 loans on Kiva.

09/15/2024

"PFAS in compost derived from sewage sludge" So if it persists in the compost made from sewage then it's also in the injected or sprayed form of sewage sludge along with many other toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and possibly prions.

Cambridge has virtually eliminated the group of chemicals known as PFAS from its drinking water supply, for now. But there’s a new worry about the level in compost derived from sewage sludge, which could affect our disposal of food waste.

09/13/2024

If your school wants to compost we'll get you some buckets asap and you can start teaching the future generations to save that food waste and make soil! Donation style. Feed the worms not the landfill!

09/12/2024

PLEASE COMPOST YOUR FOOD WASTE AND THANKS TO THOSE THAT DO.

09/10/2024

With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increasing in recent decades, there is a growing urgency to find strategies for capturing and holding carbon.