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Home Composting: Its Time Has Come

Home Composting: Its Time Has Come

Brenda Platt

April 2, 2021

Spring is always a great time to get started with composting, and there arguably has never been a better time to consider how to grow food and compost at home — it's an opportunity to support healthy local soils and protect local food production and distribution. Schools, congregations, gardening groups, climate activists, and local g  READ MORE


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Gena McKinley of Austin, Texas, discusses the economic and environmental benefits of the city's Circular Economy Program — including highlights from a recent economic impact report that found it resulted in more than $1.1 billion in total economic activity and a  READ MORE


DIY Compost Screeners — Baltimore Community Compost Sites Build Their Own

DIY Compost Screeners — Baltimore Community Compost Sites Build Their Own

Brenda Platt

January 20, 2021

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


In BioCycle: The State Of Community Composting In The U.S.

In BioCycle: The State Of Community Composting In The U.S.

Brenda Platt

December 10, 2020

In BioCycle, Brand Platt spoke about the business of community composting and the state of the industry today in the U.S.  READ MORE


Smashing (& Composting) Pumpkins

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Brenda Platt

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How the Baltimore Farm Alliance is Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Community Resilience – Episode 111 of Building Local Power

How the Baltimore Farm Alliance is Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Community Resilience - Episode 111 of Building Local Power

Jess Del Fiacco

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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