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With ILSR Assistance, Composting Education Hub Opens in Maryland

Nov 4, 2024 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

On October 25th, 2024, ILSR participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Composting Education Hub (CEH) at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CEH is the first county site dedicated to training both residents and farmers about food scrap composting, and demonstrating how to recycle nutrients to create high quality compost for local use.
Composting Policy in Maryland: ILSR's History

Aug 22, 2024 | ilsr.org | Sophia Jones |Brenda Platt |Linda Bilsens Brolis |Virginia Streeter

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community team has more than a decade of history actively working with state and local officials, legislators, and advocacy groups in Maryland to advance favorable composting policy in the state. Our vision for Maryland is to develop a healthy, diverse, and distributed composting infrastructure that encompasses composting in an array of locations including schools, community gardens, businesses, urban and rural farms, and at home.
On-Farm Composting & Compost Use Resources

Jan 17, 2024 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

BenefitsComposting is an age-old practice that is intrinsically tied to food production and consumption. Farmers who have intimate knowledge of their soils and want access to high-quality compost are ideal stewards of the composting process. Farms often have equipment that can be repurposed for composting, may be able to produce compost less expensively than purchasing it, and can tailor their composting recipes for their specific soil and crop needs.
In-Person Workshop: Community Composting Systems at 2024 USCC Conference

Jan 8, 2024 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

On Tuesday, February 6th from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m., ILSR will host a pre-conference workshop, Community Composting Systems: New Projects and Scaling Up Existing Projects, as part of the US Composting Council’s 2024 Conference and Tradeshow in Daytona Beach, FL. The workshop will cover composting systems for farm and community settings from DIY solar-powered systems to branded ASP systems. Small- to medium-sized equipment providers will guest speak.
Composting Learning Activities

Dec 18, 2023 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

ILSR developed these Composting Learning Activities under its Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Training Program to assist community composting sites in training their own community participants. These Learning Activities provide a hands-on complement to our Community Composting 101 Online Certificate Course, which prepares participants to establish and manage composting projects that both engage and serve their communities.
Webinar: Healthy Soils and Compost in Policy: Synergies and Opportunities

Nov 8, 2023 | ilsr.org | Sophia Jones |Linda Bilsens Brolis

With a growing number of States considering and adopting healthy soils policies, there is an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the connection to compost as a proven soil health builder, and to encourage and invest in the production and use of high-quality compost.
Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide: Synergies and Opportunities

Oct 27, 2023 | ilsr.org | Sophia Jones |Linda Bilsens Brolis

Across the country, a growing number of States are considering and adopting healthy soils policies, though very few of these policies recognize compost application as a proven soil health-building practice. This presents an unprecedented opportunity to both promote composting and connect the practice to soil health and climate protection. Soil, home to 59% of life on earth, provides life-sustaining ecosystem services including support for human food systems and climate change mitigation.
ILSR Expands Spanish-Language Composting Resources

Jul 19, 2023 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

Spanish Language ResourcesComposting posters, workshops, learning activities, signage, and training guides are now available in Spanish. You can find all of our tagged composting resources here where we have compiled an ongoing list of our community composting resources for Spanish speakers. We have also copied them below. Hemos recopilado una lista en desarrollo de los recursos de compostaje de nuestra comunidad para hablantes del español.
Free Enrollment in ILSR’s Community Composting 101 Course May 7-13!

May 1, 2023 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

Do you want to start a community-based composting project, but aren’t sure where to start? Are you involved with an existing community composting initiative, but need to brush up on the best practices for engaging folks in your project? Do you need to train your staff or project partners in the fundamentals of hot composting?
Bill Expanding On-Farm Composting of Food Scraps Passes in MD!

Apr 14, 2023 | ilsr.org | Linda Bilsens Brolis

Go to ILSR’s Composting Rules Library to see more detail on the law. Maryland has been a national model for advancing on-farm composting since the state’s composting permit regulations were updated in 2015 with carve-outs for farms and small composting operations.