What do we lose when we no longer have control over what happens to the waste we produce? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we speak to Melissa Corichi of Let It Rot, a community composting business in Palm Beach County in South Florida about her battle against the incinerators in her community.
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ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from September 18 – September 30. … Read More
Jumping worms are invasive earthworms that rapidly degrade soil quality and destabilize local ecosystems. They can be easily introduced to your farm or garden via compost, mulch, or seedlings. This webinar will cover the latest research about jumping worms, best practices for preventing contamination, and specific strategies for on-farm and other composters. … Read More
Are you a farmer who uses compost on their fields? A composter who sells to the farming community? A regulator who oversees rules relating to compost quality or on-farm compost use? This webinar will dive into FDA Produce Safety Rule Subpart F, which affects any farm applying stabilized compost to fields producing crops for human consumption in the United States. … Read More
Composting posters, workshops, learning activities, signage, and training guides are now available in Spanish.… Read More
ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic during International Compost Awareness Week.… Read More
Go to ILSR’s Composting Rules Library to see more detail on the law. Maryland has been a national model for advancing on-farm composting since the state’s composting permit regulations were updated in 2015 with carve-outs for farms and small composting operations. Those rules – which ILSR championed – created a tiered permitting structure and exempted on-farm … Read More
What role does composting play in subverting barriers to local food sovereignty? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Khari Diop, an environmental educator, food security activist, and fifth-generation food grower from Atlanta.
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Composting is a process driven by organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye, that transforms raw materials into a valuable soil amendment. Use our new poster to share the magic of compost with your community!… Read More
