Composting for Community

Stories from on the ground and in the soil. Across the country, the community composting movement is growing! Local composting provides immediate opportunities for reducing waste, improving soil health, creating jobs, and fighting climate change. On the

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The Transformative Power of Dirt: Green Reentry Through Composting with Victor Perez and Carla Doughty

Posted June 17, 202500:40:26

In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, ILSR’s Jordan Ashby is joined by recipients of ILSR’s 2024 Composting for Community Mini-Grant...

“They Can’t Compete with Community”: How One Oklahoma Composter is Building Alternatives to Big Waste (ft. Terry Craghead)

Posted April 17, 2025

In this episode, Terry Craghead, founder and CEO of Fertile Ground Cooperative, joins ILSR’s host Jordan Ashby on the Composting for Community podcast...

Lessons Learned from Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law (ft. Natasha Duarte)

Posted July 31, 202400:43:03

On May 16, 2012, Vermont passed Act 148, creating a first-of-its-kind Universal Recycling Law. This historic law requires three categories of material...

Building Waste Equity at NYC Public Housing (ft. Domingo Morales)

Posted June 25, 202400:52:10

How can we ensure composting is made accessible for all communities? How can composters implement the highest standards possible to prevent rodents...

Community Composting’s Untapped Potential for Local Zero Waste & Climate Resilience Efforts (feat. Kourtnii Brown)

Posted January 30, 202400:31:46

In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Kourtnii Brown, founder and director of Common Compost (Oakland, California)...