What role does composting play in subverting barriers to local food sovereignty? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Khari Diop, an environmental educator, food security activist, and fifth-generation food grower from Atlanta.… Read More

What role does composting play in subverting barriers to local food sovereignty? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Khari Diop, an environmental educator, food security activist, and fifth-generation food grower from Atlanta.<br>… <a href="https://ilsr.org/composting-for-food-sovereignty-atlanta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Composting for Food Sovereignty in Atlanta

How can a community reeling from multiple economic shocks use composting as a tool to build a more resilient food system? ILSR’s Linda Bilsens Brolis talks to Renee V. Wallace of Detroit about composting as a tool for building equity and solving big challenges.… Read More

How can a community reeling from multiple economic shocks use composting as a tool to build a more resilient food system? ILSR’s Linda Bilsens Brolis talks to Renee V. Wallace of Detroit about composting as a tool for building equity and solving big challenges.<br>… <a href="https://ilsr.org/catalyzing-equity-through-composting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Catalyzing Greater Equity Through Composting

ILSR’s Jess Del Fiacco and Brenda Platt talk to three community composters in California who have been impacted by solid waste franchise districts.… Read More

ILSR’s Jess Del Fiacco and Brenda Platt talk to three community composters in California who have been impacted by solid waste franchise districts.<br>… <a href="https://ilsr.org/franchise-districts-composters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Cities’ Exclusive Agreements With Trash Collectors Are Holding Back Community Composters

Sophia Hosain is joined by Composting for Community’s intern Alondra Sierra and Elinor Crescenzi, an activist, organizer, and a founding member of the Food Cycle Collective in Pomona, California. … Read More

Sophia Hosain is joined by Composting for Community’s intern Alondra Sierra and Elinor Crescenzi, an activist, organizer, and a founding member of the Food Cycle Collective in Pomona, California. <br>… <a href="https://ilsr.org/pedal-power-composting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Through Pedal-Power, Community Composters Cultivate Deeper Connections with their Community

In this episode of the Composting for Community podcast, Nando Rodriguez, environmental facilitator at The Brotherhood Sister Sol,  shares with us the various ways he engages youth in composting activities. He also dives into the role that environmental practices for Black and Latinx youth play in helping preserve and honor their cultural roots. … Read More

In this episode of the Composting for Community podcast, Nando Rodriguez, environmental facilitator at The Brotherhood Sister Sol,  shares with us the various ways he engages youth in composting activities. He also dives into the role that environmental practices for Black and Latinx youth play in helping preserve and honor their cultural roots. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/composting-connects-roots/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Composting Connects Black and Latinx Youth to their Roots

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, ILSR's Linda Bilsens Brolis and Sophia Hosain speak with Emma Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm in Maryland. … Read More

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, ILSR's Linda Bilsens Brolis and Sophia Hosain speak with Emma Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm in Maryland. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/compost-builds-healthy-soils-moon-valley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Compost Helps Local Farm Build Healthy Soils & Feed Their Community (feat. Moon Valley Farm)

On this episode, ILSR’s Brenda Platt dialogues with Michael Bradlee, President of Earth Appliance Organics in Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss how one community composter is continuing to collect and compost food scraps with new safety protocols in place.… Read More

On this episode, ILSR’s Brenda Platt dialogues with Michael Bradlee, President of Earth Appliance Organics in Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss how one community composter is continuing to collect and compost food scraps with new safety protocols in place.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/covid-safety-protocols-feat-community-compost-depot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Implementing COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Food Scrap Drop-Off: Spotlight on the Community Compost Depot at Frey Gardens in Providence

On this episode, guest host Brenda Platt talks with Elsa Higby and Aleks Jagiello of the New York Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden. This is Part 2 of ILSR’s discussion with them; to catch the first part, head over to our Building Local Power Podcast.… Read More

On this episode, guest host Brenda Platt talks with Elsa Higby and Aleks Jagiello of the New York Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden. This is Part 2 of ILSR’s discussion with them; to catch the first part, head over to our Building Local Power Podcast.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/the-case-for-government-support-of-community-composting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

The Case for Government Support of Community Composting (feat. Queens Botanical Garden)

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Benny Erez of ECO City Farms, her composting mentor. Benny talks about the role ECO City Farms plays in providing affordable fresh produce in two food insecure neighborhoods near Washington, D.C. We discuss his compost training work locally in the D.C. Metro Area and abroad in Zambia, Ghana, and Palestine.… Read More

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Benny Erez of ECO City Farms, her composting mentor. Benny talks about the role ECO City Farms plays in providing affordable fresh produce in two food insecure neighborhoods near Washington, D.C. We discuss his compost training work locally in the D.C. Metro Area and abroad in Zambia, Ghana, and Palestine.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/composting-helps-nourish-communities-feat-eco-city-farms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Composting Helps Nourish Communities in the U.S. and Beyond (feat. ECO City Farms)

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Jeffrey Neal of Loop Closing. They discuss his vision for how small-scale, hyper-local composting can handle all of the food waste produced in Washington, DC, and the support needed to realize it.… Read More

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Jeffrey Neal of Loop Closing. They discuss his vision for how small-scale, hyper-local composting can handle all of the food waste produced in Washington, DC, and the support needed to realize it.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/how-local-composting-can-transform-washington-dc-feat-loop-closing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

How Local Composting Can Transform Washington, D.C. (feat. Loop Closing)

Telling the stories of community composting across the United States.

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Marvin Hayes of the Baltimore Compost Collective. Marvin and Linda talk about how the Baltimore Compost Collective is empowering and employing local youth while also creating a model that can be replicated throughout the City of Baltimore to create a distributed composting infrastructure.  … Read More

On this episode, host Linda Bilsens Brolis is joined by Marvin Hayes of the Baltimore Compost Collective. Marvin and Linda talk about how the Baltimore Compost Collective is empowering and employing local youth while also creating a model that can be replicated throughout the City of Baltimore to create a distributed composting infrastructure.  … <a href="https://ilsr.org/wakanda-south-baltimore-feat-baltimore-compost-collective/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

How Composting Helped Make Filbert Street Community Garden the Wakanda of South Baltimore (feat. Baltimore Compost Collective)

On this episode, Domingo Morales and Kenneth Young of Red Hook Community Farm talk about the power of being exposed to urban agriculture and composting at a young age and the importance of getting the community involved in your composting project.… Read More

On this episode, Domingo Morales and Kenneth Young of Red Hook Community Farm talk about the power of being exposed to urban agriculture and composting at a young age and the importance of getting the community involved in your composting project.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/community-composting-and-the-power-of-youth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Community Composting and the Power of Youth (Feat. Red Hook Community Farm)

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we talk with Michael Robinson of Rust Belt Riders about how they are closing the local food system loop in Cleveland.… Read More

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we talk with Michael Robinson of Rust Belt Riders about how they are closing the local food system loop in Cleveland.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/regenerative-systems-thinking-feat-rust-belt-riders/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

How Composting Can Create a Regenerative Food System (Feat. Rust Belt Riders)

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we talk with Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli of Common Ground Compost about how they are helping NYC businesses comply with local composting &amp; recycling regulations and embrace Zero Waste.… Read More

On this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we talk with Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli of Common Ground Compost about how they are helping NYC businesses comply with local composting &amp; recycling regulations and embrace Zero Waste.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/reclaiming-our-power-feat-common-ground-compost/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Reclaiming Our Power (Feat. Common Ground Compost)

On this episode, Linda and Michael talk about how LA Compost is building a diverse ecosystem of composting hubs that are facilitating community involvement in and ownership of their local food systems.… Read More

On this episode, Linda and Michael talk about how LA Compost is building a diverse ecosystem of composting hubs that are facilitating community involvement in and ownership of their local food systems.… <a href="https://ilsr.org/the-learning-is-in-the-doing-feat-la-compost/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

The Learning Is In The Doing (Feat. LA Compost)

Guy Schaffer

ILSR’s BLP podcast host, Christopher Mitchell, and Composting for Community initiative Project Manager, Linda Bilsens, sit down with Sophia Hosain and Guy Schaffer to discuss how their composting projects are both engaging and serving their communities. … Read More

ILSR’s BLP podcast host, Christopher Mitchell, and Composting for Community initiative Project Manager, Linda Bilsens, sit down with Sophia Hosain and Guy Schaffer to discuss how their composting projects are both engaging and serving their communities. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/c4c-podcast-sophia-hosain-guy-schaffer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Creating Community Wealth Through Compost (feat. Sophia Hosain & Guy Schaffer)

We talk with Tiffany Bess, Founder of Apple Rabbit Compost in Jacksonville, FL. Apple Rabbit Compost is a one-woman show that is changing the narrative around food waste to help nourish a more vibrant community from the ground up. … Read More

We talk with Tiffany Bess, Founder of Apple Rabbit Compost in Jacksonville, FL. Apple Rabbit Compost is a one-woman show that is changing the narrative around food waste to help nourish a more vibrant community from the ground up. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/c4c-podcast-tiffany-bess/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Composter Catalyzes a Movement in Her Community (feat. Apple Rabbit Compost) – Episode #3

We talk with Kat Nigro, General Manager of Durham, NC-based Tilthy Rich Compost. Tilthy Rich, a bike-powered food scrap hauler, aims to make composting a common practice accessible to everyone in their hometown of Durham. … Read More

We talk with Kat Nigro, General Manager of Durham, NC-based Tilthy Rich Compost. Tilthy Rich, a bike-powered food scrap hauler, aims to make composting a common practice accessible to everyone in their hometown of Durham. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/c4c-podcast-kat-nigro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Pedal-Powered Composters Support Local Food Movement (feat. Tilthy Rich Compost) – Episode #2

We talk with Corinne Coe-Law, Co-Founder and Director of the Atlanta-based Terra Nova Compost Cooperative. Terra Nova Compost aims to teach underserved communities the value and importance of soil building as it relates to urban agriculture, food justice and climate change. … Read More

We talk with Corinne Coe-Law, Co-Founder and Director of the Atlanta-based Terra Nova Compost Cooperative. Terra Nova Compost aims to teach underserved communities the value and importance of soil building as it relates to urban agriculture, food justice and climate change. … <a href="https://ilsr.org/c4c-podcast-corinne-coe-law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read More</a>

Self-Reliance & Transformation Through Composting (feat. Terra Nova Compost) – Episode #1

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