Fall is always a great time to get started with composting, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are looking for safe outdoor activities or safe ways to secure fresh produce. There arguably has never been a better time to consider how to grow food and compost at home — it's an opportunity t READ MORE
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What is compost?
Compost is a dark, crumbly, earthy-smelling material produced by the natural decomposition of organic materials like leaves, garden READ MORE
As part of ILSR’s Baltimore Composting for Community Project, we are supporting about a dozen community compost sites in the city. This month we hosted two events in Baltimore to build DIY compost screeners designed for the community scale. READ MORE
Host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Denzel Mitchell, Deputy Director of the Baltimore Farm Alliance, and Sophia Hosain, leader of ILSR’s composting work in Baltimore. READ MORE
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
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
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