Backyard Compost Challenge

May 24

Encore Blog: Farewell, Team!

Congratulations on completing the 2024 Backyard Compost Challenge! As you know, we began this journey with a question: How much food...

May 17

Week #10: Our Impact – The Proof is in the Pail

We’re nearly at the finish line, Compost Champions! You’ve completed 10 whole weeks of collecting and weighing scraps, reporting data,...

May 10

Week #9: Keeping Up with the Composting

As we round into the Challenge’s home stretch, we know that many households new to composting will soon be embarking on their own for the...

May 3

Week #8: Keeping Food Out of the Pail in the First Place

Eight weeks into the Compost Challenge, many of us are gaining confidence diverting our food waste from the landfill. So now that we’re...

Apr 26

Week #7: Waste Busters!

Thank you to Elise Sheffield, Boxerwood Education Director, for her guest blog this week: Hi everyone, as your Backyard Challenge enters...

Apr 19

Week #6: COREworks & Compost

Guest post by Ginny Johnson Hello Citizen Scientists! I’m Ginny Johnson, Boxerwood sustainability educator. One of the Boxerwood programs...

Apr 12

WEEK #5: WHAT’S THE SCOOP?

Happy halfway point, Slop Superstars! To commemorate this occasion, we checked our Data Summary page and noticed a huge range of weekly...

Apr 5

WEEK #4: WHY COMPOST?

Congratulations on completing Week 4 of the Compost Challenge! As we continue weighing our slop – check out our Data Summary page for...

Mar 29

WEEK #3: HOW TO COOK UP THE BEST COMPOST

What’s the key to having fun and success with your composting? Keeping your chefs happy – and we don’t mean the ones in your kitchen....

Mar 20

WEEK #2: WHO'S IN OUR COMMUNITY?

Congratulations on successfully completing Week 1 of the Challenge! We’re off to a great start. Check out our collective Week 1 totals on...

Mar 15

WEEK #1: WELCOME ABOARD

Welcome to the 2024 Backyard Compost Challenge! As we kick off the Challenge, your Boxerwood project coordinators want to extend a...