Every meeting has been a joy. On the first day of our club, after we planted the winter peas, we stood in a circle around our freshly planted patch and gave the peas kind words of encouragement to start them on their growing journey.
Author: Madeline Fuentes, Boxerwood Educator
Encore Blog: Farewell, Team!
Thank you to those who participated in Sunday’s SLOP TALK meet-up for youth compost leaders! 79% of our participating households include children, and we’ve heard from many of you that these kids are often the ones taking the lead on family composting initiatives.
Week #10: Our Impact
Ten whole weeks of collecting and weighing scraps, reporting data, filling up compost bins, and helping keep food out of the Rockbridge landfill.
Week #9: A Heap of Composting
A grant from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has enabled Boxerwood to install and maintain two large-volume, high-rate Earth Cube composters at Natural Bridge Elementary School (NBES).
Week #8: Stories from Compost Land
Thank you to those who participated in Sunday’s SLOP TALK meet-up for youth compost leaders! 79% of our participating households include children, and we’ve heard from many of you that these kids are often the ones taking the lead on family composting initiatives.
Week #6: The Wondrous World of Compost
Compost is fantastic for enriching soil, but it generates other possibilities too – like heating houses. Crazy, right? This week we’re sharing some believe-it-or not accounts of compost-as-technology.
Week #5: What’s the Scoop
We’ve reached the halfway point! To commemorate this momentous occasion I reached out to some of the households with the greatest and least amount of total diverted food scraps. How do factors like household size or dietary preference influence the amount of scraps headed to the compost each week? Well, here’s the inside scoop!
Week #4: You’re Doing It Right
In last week’s blog post we provided some links to our composting and landfill FAQs, as well as compost expert
Week #3: Why Compost?
we are completing Week #3 of the Backyard Compost Challenge and going strong. We run the gamut from 0 lbs to nearly 30 lbs of food waste per household diverted each week.
Week #2: Who We Are
Congratulations for successfully completing Week #1 of the Backyard Compost Challenge! We’ve received data from everyone and things are off to a great start. Have a look at our collective Week #1 totals