Register for our Annual Members and Friends Meeting! We look forward to seeing you at The Plant in Pittsboro on June 15th from 2-5. After the meeting take a tour of The Plant, shop at the Farmers’ Market, enjoy some delicious food and raise a glass for the 10th Anniversary of Sustainable Spirits.We will have appetizers, cake, and live music.
For a detailed agenda and registration, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-members-and-supporters-meeting-thursday-june-15-2023-tickets-611444616307?aff=erelpanelorg
Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act
The C.O.M.P.O.S.T Act & Farm Bill 101 Mash-up
HB 4443 and SB 2388, and Farm Bill 101
A very important piece of national legislation is on the table right now that we think you should be aware of and that you can help with. The COMPOST Act is meant to do two things:
1. Keep compostable materials like food waste out of the landfill where they generate methane,
and
2. Create avenues for nutrient-rich compost to go onto the land to enrich soil and draw down carbon.
Click HERE to view our webinar on the COMPOST Act and Farm Bill 101.
The introduction of the COMPOST Act is an important step towards a greener and more innovative waste reduction and recovery system for our country. Ask your lawmakers today to co-sponsor this bill: https://p2a.co/gqvrz7j
Interested in learning how to compost in your backyard? Watch this Backyard Composting 101 demonstration hosted by current President, Muriel Williman: https://youtu.be/3KV5W9fNdnE.
The Compost Story
Are you bored sitting at home? Why not spend some time watching wonderful webinars from the
Institute for Local Self Reliance.
You’ll see the most up to date information about composting around the world with topics like:
How Compost and Cover Crops Sequester Soil Carbon
Using Compost for Ecological Sanitation in Haiti to Mitigate & Adapt to Climate Change
Carbon Farming Trials in Colorado
and much more!
ILSR is a great resource for home and community composting, Check them out! You’ll be glad you did.
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We want YOU to Get Involved!
Do you love compost OR do you know somebody who loves compost? Nominate yourself or somebody else to join a group of passionate people expand composting in North Carolina! Click here to learn more about the application process.
“The most rewarding part of getting involved with the NCCC is belonging to a group of people who back up their big ideas with hard work. The board is a working board, made up of people who appreciate compost and want to see it used more widely in our state. Our annual meetings and training workshops bring together people from different backgrounds with diverse agendas, proving that the composting industry has room for everyone. Each NCCC event I attend challenges me to think differently–and more deeply–about the choices I make.”
–Bianca Howard, Past Board Member
