Statement on NYC Community Composting Budget Cuts

Date: 28 Nov 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“We strongly urge the Mayor and City Council to halt these short-sighted cuts and commit to long-term funding of the NYC Compost Project and GrowNYC.” – Brenda Platt, Director of the Composting for Community Initiative… Read More

Community Composter versus Incinerator in South Florida

Date: 28 Sep 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

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 against the incinerators in her community.
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Compost at Home! ¡Taller del Compostaje Casero! Sign Up for Free, Virtual Home Composting Workshops

Date: 30 Aug 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

There’s never been a better time for home composting. Sign up for one of our 1-hour virtual home composting workshops this September. One workshop is offered in Spanish.… Read More

Webinar: Compost and Jumping Worms: What to Know

Date: 25 Aug 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Jumping worms are invasive earthworms that rapidly degrade soil quality and destabilize local ecosystems. They can be easily introduced to your farm or garden via compost, mulch, or seedlings. This webinar will cover the latest research about jumping worms, best practices for preventing contamination, and specific strategies for on-farm and other composters. … Read More

Webinar: Compost and the FDA Produce Safety Rule

Date: 14 Aug 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Are you a farmer who uses compost on their fields? A composter who sells to the farming community? A regulator who oversees rules relating to compost quality or on-farm compost use? This webinar will dive into FDA Produce Safety Rule Subpart F, which affects any farm applying stabilized compost to fields producing crops for human consumption in the United States. … Read More

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