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We have reached the finish line! Time to reflect, celebrate, and extend many thank you’s to everyone and everything that contributed to the success of our project.

Looks like by the end of our 3-month, 62-household study next week, we will have diverted more than 4,000 pounds of food waste from the Rockbridge County landfill. That’s amazing!

Last week we asked the composting giants to share their stories. This week, we go to the other end of the scale (literally). What’s the secret to virtually having no food waste at all?

This week I reached out to a couple of households with the greatest totals and a couple with the least, inviting them to share a scoop from their pail, as it were.

In addition to gathering data like scientists, are members of your household also hovering about the kitchen like detectives?

We have reached a milestone with week #6 data: more than one ton (2,000 lbs) of food waste diverted from the landfill.

Your citizen-science / stewardship efforts matter: keep up the good work!

What’s the key to having fun and success with your composting? Keeping those kitchen chefs happy — and we don’t mean the ones in your house. There’s a lot of life happening in your Earth Machine and local compost guru, Phyllis Fevrier, shares her best tips for keeping your decomposing chefs thriving.

The results from the first week are in! 743 pounds were diverted from the landfill!

Our study is underway! Thank you to all the project managers for uploading your household’s data for Week #1. The amount of food diverted to the composter ranged from less than one pound to more than twenty-five pounds per household: really fascinating!