Fighting Food Waste and Employing Youth in Baltimore

Linda Bilsens Brolis

August 9, 2018

In 2017, ILSR helped launch the Baltimore Compost Collective, a food scrap collection service that is employing local youth in Curtis Bay. Curtis Bay is a historically disenfranchised neighborhood in Baltimore and one of the most polluted zip codes in the country. A long industrial history has left it with a legacy of environmental contamination and associated avertable health impacts. This reality, coupled with high unemployment, high levels of family poverty and a general lack of basic infrastructure has created a situation where residents lack both economic opportunity and access to fresh food. Yet, in spite of these steep challenges,READ MORE