Across the country, the community composting movement is growing! Local composting provides immediate opportunities for reducing waste, improving soil health, creating jobs, and fighting climate change.
On the Composting for Community Podcast, we bring you stories from the people doing this work on the ground and in the soil. Guests talk shop about their composting projects, and share their inspirations and lessons learned.
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Community Composter versus Incinerator in South Florida
September 28, 2023
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 READ MORE
Previous Episodes
Composting for Food Sovereignty in Atlanta
March 21st, 2023
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. READ MORE
Catalyzing Greater Equity Through Composting
September 19th, 2022
How can a community reeling from multiple economic shocks use composting as a tool to build a more resilient food system? ILSR’s Linda Bilsens Brolis talks to Renee V. Wallace of Detroit about composting as a tool for building equity and solving big challenges. READ MORE
Cities’ Exclusive Agreements With Trash Collectors Are Holding Back Community Composters
Brenda Platt
April 27th, 2022
ILSR’s Jess Del Fiacco and Brenda Platt talk to three community composters in California who have been impacted by solid waste franchise districts. READ MORE
Through Pedal-Power, Community Composters Cultivate Deeper Connections with their Community
Sophia Hosain
January 21st, 2022
Sophia Hosain is joined by Composting for Community’s intern Alondra Sierra and Elinor Crescenzi, an activist, organizer, and a founding member of the Food Cycle Collective in Pomona, California. READ MORE
Composting Connects Black and Latinx Youth to their Roots
Sophia Hosain
December 20th, 2021
In this episode of the Composting for Community podcast, Nando Rodriguez, environmental facilitator at The Brotherhood Sister Sol, shares with us the various ways he engages youth in composting activities. He also dives into the role that environmental practices for Black and Latinx youth play in helping preserve and honor their cultural roots. READ MORE
Compost Helps Local Farm Build Healthy Soils & Feed Their Community (feat. Moon Valley Farm)
November 30th, 2021
On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, ILSR's Linda Bilsens Brolis and Sophia Hosain speak with Emma Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm in Maryland. READ MORE
Local Compost Enterprise Cultivates a Just and Healthy Community (Episode 102)
Jess Del Fiacco
June 11th, 2020
In this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Brenda Platt, Director of ILSR's Composting for Community Initiative, and Kesiah Bascom, founder of OffBeet Compost. READ MORE
Implementing COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Food Scrap Drop-Off: Spotlight on the Community Compost Depot at Frey Gardens in Providence
Virginia Streeter
May 21st, 2020
On this episode, ILSR’s Brenda Platt dialogues with Michael Bradlee, President of Earth Appliance Organics in Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss how one community composter is continuing to collect and compost food scraps with new safety protocols in place. READ MORE
The Case for Government Support of Community Composting (feat. Queens Botanical Garden)
Virginia Streeter
March 16th, 2020
On this episode, guest host Brenda Platt talks with Elsa Higby and Aleks Jagiello of the New York Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden. This is Part 2 of ILSR’s discussion with them; to catch the first part, head over to our Building Local Power Podcast. READ MORE