We’ve all heard the phrase “every little bit adds up.” Such is the case with food waste. It might not seem as if we throw away all that much food (whether it’s leftover pizza one day or lettuce scraps from the back of the refrigerator the next). However, the truth is that food waste is […]
On April 24th NC State published this story about the compost facility they opened this year. It’s a five bin aerated static pile system with the capacity to process 1,200 tons per year, which they are already approaching thanks to a large jump in organics collections on campus. They have received a grant to expand the facility by […]
Is It Safe To Use Compost On Vegetables? Here at the NC Composting Council one of the questions that we are often asked is whether compost is safe to use on a vegetable garden. It seems that a lot of incorrect information is out there, giving people the impression that all compost is loaded with […]
Now that we’re all staying home for a while it’s a great time to do some of the projects that we’ve been dreaming of. I have wanted to start a worm bin for composting food scraps so I can have the castings (worm poo) to put on my potted plants. Here’s the story of how […]
by Ruby Stanmyer Spring has sprung in North Carolina meaning that weekends are full of gardening, landscaping, and yard maintenance. To some, the resulting yard waste is a nuisance. It used to be common practice to gather up this waste and burn it, while some prefer to bag it up and throw it in the […]
Even the Compost is Smiling at CUCC reprinted with permission from the author, Gary Smith of CUCC Community United Church of Christ (CUCC) in Raleigh, NC, has been working to decrease climate change and its impact on those of low income since 2007. Their latest effort, composting, was inspired by friends at the Church of […]
Every Tray Counts is a non-profit organization that aims to take the trash out of public schools and turn it to compost. When Sue Scope and Bing Roenigk first began Every Tray Counts (ETC) in 2013 public schools all across North Carolina were serving their lunches on polystyrene trays. Elementary schools average 4 lbs of […]
The Link Between Soil and CO2 Did you know that according to the US governments analysis of grassland ecosystems in the year 2000, only 3% of the tall grass prairie that was once in North America is still intact? This loss has had a huge impact on the way our entire ecosystem works, but what […]
More and more research around the world has shown the inestimable importance of sequestering carbon into the soil by composting and reducing methane emissions by keeping organic materials out of the landfill. On December 1st Raleigh area residents and church leaders will gather to learn about how they as individuals and community members can make […]
Did you know there is an official day to celebrate dirt? Well, there is and it’s December 5th. We know that soil is the source of most of our food and is a finite natural resource; on a human time-scale it is non-renewable. Even with this knowledge, degradation of soil resources continue worldwide because of […]
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