“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
ILSR’s Community Composting Outreach and Education Project selected as a part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Recycling Education and Outreach grants. … Read More
Learn the basics of home composting with our Youtube series. … Read More
Ahora puede ver series de conceptos básicos sobre compostaje casero en Youtube.… Read More
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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ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from September 18 – September 30. … Read More
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
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
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
