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Why?

Mission Statement

"To cultivate vitality from the ground up, guided by a lifetime of listening to the land. We are here to humbly share the lessons taught by nature's own processes, regenerating our Florida ecosystems by nurturing the living soil and empowering growers to foster life in their own backyards."

How

I teach to learn and I love sharing and practicing several waste diversion tactics and many organic methods that also save money and can be adapted for each individual situation. I believe in the transformative power of composting. It becomes more and more apparent that our every act of composting is a meaningful step towards a more sustainable and resilient future. Our community composting program is not just about diverting waste from landfills; it's a collective commitment to healing our environment and fostering positive changes in our community; through connecting the ends of our food system; Working together to effectively closing the gap food waste leaves in our current model food system.

By participating in our composting initiative, our members are contributing to a cause larger than themselves. Compost is not just organic matter; it's a remedy for the wounds inflicted on our soils over the past 70+ years of industrial monocrop agriculture. It's a natural solution, preventing erosion, restoring vital nutrients, and revitalizing the earth.

The Sow and Grow Guru,

-Chip

"My first broccoli and Cauliflower grown back in 2018 in Tampa, FL.

Approximately 3 years before moving to Crystal River, FL."

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) on food waste and climate change

"Food loss and waste is estimated to be roughly one third of the food intended for human consumption in the United States. When food is discarded, all inputs used in producing, processing, transporting, preparing, and storing discarded food are also wasted. Food loss and waste also exacerbates the climate change crisis with its significant greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint. Production, transportation, and handling of food generate significant Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions and when food ends up in landfills, it generates methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas.

The connection between food loss and waste and climate change is increasingly recognized as important and so is the link between climate change and agriculture and supply chain resiliency. We are increasingly seeing how extreme weather events are disruptive to both agriculture and supply chain resiliency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report in 2021 on the environmental impacts of food waste (PDF, 12 MB). EPA estimated that each year, U.S. food loss and waste embodies 170 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (million MTCO2e) GHG emissions (excluding landfill emissions) – equal to the annual CO2 emissions of 42 coal-fired power plants. This estimate does not include the significant methane emissions from food waste rotting in landfills. EPA data show that food waste is the single most common material landfilled and incinerated in the U.S., comprising 24 and 22 percent of landfilled and combusted municipal solid waste, respectively. The report also highlights the benefits of preventing food loss and waste in terms of agricultural land, blue water (i.e., freshwater from surface water and groundwater), fertilizer, and energy.

Reducing and preventing food waste can increase food security, foster productivity and economic efficiency, promote resource and energy conservation, and address climate change, which in turn, could also decrease climate change-related shocks to the supply chain."

Want your Food scraps

Picked-Up?

We are happy to offer pick-up to local small businesses and are working hard to be able to offer residential pick -up.

Let us know if your interested, as interest grows we will be launching this service to match. Full disclosure: The first route will be in the neighborhood that shows the most collective interest.

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Residential Food Scrap Collection

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