Your partner in community composting
You can your wean your chickens off grain and produce more nutritious eggs by feeding your chickens on food scraps and compost. This video talks you through the things to think about in order to feed food scraps to your chickens effectively.
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Why should I compost?Food scraps make up one third of a typical household’s trash. When food scraps are sent to the landfill, they take up space in our limited landfills and contribute to increased production of methane and toxic leachate. If all the food scraps in Vermont were composted...
Highfields Center for Composting presents an animated teaching guide for starting a compost program in your school. In this brief video, students will learn about compost, the importance of closing the loop on their food system and how to separate food scraps effectively.
Highfields Center for Composting has partnered with your community to introduce Close the Loop! Vermont, a community composting program that saves valuable resources by composting food scraps and turning them into nutritious soil for farmers, gardeners, and the community. Residents in your region...
POSTER FOR WEBINARS - WINTER 2014Join us for a free webinar to learn about what compost is; what the best composting system is for you; how to start your compost system; and how to manage that system effectively. These webinars are free and open to all.
A simple how-to guide for Close the Loop participants
What is CSC?How it works: Like a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, you purchase your compost shares up front and receive compost for 5 years.CSC Structure: There are 3 dierent subscription levels to choose from. Your CSC level will depend on how much...
Want to support local food scrap composting, on-farm composting research and education, and ENSURE HIGH QUALITY COMPOST is available to you locally? Consider joining Highfields Composting Center’s Community Supported Compost Program – keep your dollars and your compost in the community...
