Catalyzing distributed and diverse local composting across the country to cut food loss, enhance soil, protect the climate, and build community.
Join our upcoming September 19 webinar to hear elected officials, including Maryland Delegate Lorig Charkoudian, and advocacy groups share tips and best practices for engaging in policy advocacy. Panelists will focus specifically on waste, food systems, and environmental policy and provide practical strategies for making an impact on the state and local level.
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The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community team has more than a decade of history actively working with state and local officials, legislators,...
ILSR has compiled a list of resources that can be used to search for funding opportunities, grants, support, and more. Resources include search engines and...
In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, Natasha Duarte discusses the successes and challenges of the Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law.
ILSR is available to be written into USDA Cooperative Agreements for Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) grants as a partner or subrecipient.
Thriving, equitable communities that compost to cut waste, enhance soil, protect the climate, and build community.
