This is my first post, I wanna tell a bit about myself. I'm working on my dissertation in environmental sciences, want to share some ideas here later and meet interesting people wit the same desire to save the Earth.

Ever had discouragement, with a huge dollop of excitement, all rolled up into a tight ball making chaos of your stomach? That’s about as close as I can get to describing what I’m feeling at the moment. Definitely exciting. Definitely worrisome. But overall, I do have to say what will be, will be. No one will die. But we cou

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eWow! Week 4 already! Time flies (when you're having fun). So that's the good news...the bad news is that the project may end in 4 weeks and will definitely end in 8 weeks if we do not get additional funding. If you know of any corporate sponsors that would be interested in getting involved, please let us know! And if you’re an individual that would like to see this project continue, please support us by joining us for our “Feast on the Farm” fundraising dinner and silent auction on March 7, 201… Continue

Week 3 brought to us our second beautiful pile of dark, rich compost. Sitting there, all by themselves, patiently curing for the next 10 days until they are finally ready to be applied to the gardens. You can still see some small remnants of what originally went into the mix (sometime a not fully decomposed chunk of bread, or bits of wood bark) but for the most part, its dark and rich, and once its been cured and screened what is left will look like rich dirt for our soils.

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Ah, the trials and tribulations of being female and composting! Takes me back to the days I was running construction jobs right out of college and directing a none-to-happy bunch of men that were twice, if not three times my age and not exactly used to getting direction from a female youngster.

Not to say that I'm directing anyone now, if anything we are all working side-by-side on this project with the same intentions...but the world of waste is not yet a woman's world - yet. I am definitely u… Continue