Make a big impact on a small & accessible scale! You’ll see how the micro-community site works, get hands-on experience with different backyard-scale bins, and help turn a pile. Charlotte will discuss how to start or upgrade your backyard system. This is at a residence, street parking 0nly. You will need to walk across yard, which is sloped, uneven, and … Read More
Open Doors Site Tour
Join us at Open Doors for a hands on look at our community compost system – learn how we turn food scraps into soil and power a garden that gives back. Come as you are! Please wear closed toe shoes and comfortable clothes. This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week – Explore the full schedule here!
Bokashi Composting at Epic Renewal
Join Epic Renewal to learn about Bokashi fermentation – explore Epic Renewals indoor composting process, and then learn how to apply the method yourself at home! This class is held indoors, rain or shine. This workshop focuses on the traditional Bokashi method, which uses bacteria, yeast, and other beneficial microorganisms to ferment food waste. This user-freindly fermentation process makes breakdown … Read More
Compost Open House at Barrington Farm School
Visit Barrington Farm School to see community composting in action, followed by information about the many different ways of composting food scraps, including curbside pick-up, backyard composting, vermicomposting, and more! Representatives from the URI Cooperative Extension will be available to share other ways of keeping food out of the waste stream too! Stay the whole time, or drop-in whenever you … Read More
SCLT / City Farm Site Tour
Join a tour of SCLT’s City Farm! The oldest urban farm in Rhode Island, City Farm, is located at 168 West Clifford Street in South Providence. City Farm staff grow and sell chemical-free produce all season long, creating a revenue stream for SCLT. Hundreds of youth, volunteers and beginning farmers learn about planting, growing and harvesting food at the Farm. Over the … Read More
Harvest Cycle Site Tour
Join a tour of Harvest Cycle’s processing site in Federal Hill and learn about community scale composting operations in dense urban environments. This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week – Explore the full schedule here!
Earth Care Farm Site Tour
Join a guided walking tour of Rhode Island’s oldest operating farm composter, Earth Care Farm. Learn about composting techniques for your home, as well as large-scale production practices. See how Earth Care Farm’s rich soil supports a variety of plant life, both at small and large scale. This is an outdoor, one hour tour. Please wear closed-toed shoes and dress … Read More
Backyard Composting Workshop with Providence Gardenworks
Learn about the incredible ease of backyard/urban composting. Along with a good dose of science and hopefully some inspiration! Please RSVP so that we can communicate any event changes if needed. This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week – Explore the full schedule here!
Fidelity Investments Onsite Composting Campus Site Tour
Fidelity Investments, located in Smithfield, RI, was the first large, private company in the United States to install a steel vessel composter with a greenhouse roof enclosure on its campus. As of 2017, it was recognized as one of the few sites in Rhode Island with this specialized composting designation. Join us for a site tour to learn about how … Read More