Know-how needed for compost: The Vancouver Courier

The Vancouver Courier reports composting takes some know-how to get it right.

The front page of The Vancouver Courier last month stated, “Plastics pose contaminant problems at compost site”.  The article goes on to explain that although individual and collective composting efforts are on the rise in Vancouver, there are some key things that many people don’t practice.

Naoibh O’Connor’s article focused on the hazards of plastics for large-scale compost plants.  This is good to keep in mind especially if you’re participating in the City’s new residential compost plan. As many businesses move to presenting products as more ‘eco-friendly’, many things are promoted as ‘compostable’ or ‘100% biodegradable’.  But, as the Courier tells us, that doesn’t mean that it’s right for composting!

But there’s a lot to learn from this report even if you compost on your own terms.  Whether you keep a vermiculture (worm) system or you’re a keen outdoor or open-air composter, it’s important to get some basic compost training.  There’s no better way to get started than in a friendly outdoor classroom.  Come join us this Sunday, September 5^th, to learn from experienced composters about how to get started composting and how to keep it up.  At The World In A Garden’s Compost Workshop we’ll cover natural solutions to common compost problems and have two engaging hands-on demonstrations. 

Soon you’ll be enthusiastically composting at home, without the bother of various contaminant problems that The Vancouver Courier warns us large scale composting can face.

Become a Compost Expert!

Partake in an indoor or outdoor composting session – or become an expert at both!  Do you have a garden (or garden dreams) that could use natural, inexpensive, nutrient-rich soil?  Get to the outdoor session! Are you tired of waiting for the city to bring composting to your apartment building?  Why hold back – walk away with your very own vermiculture system!  Take your first steps to dramatically reducing waste and enriching your garden.

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Seriously delicious pizza.

Besides just having the best tasting pizza/ flatbread around, Rocky Mountain does a lot of things right. Suzanne and Dominic Fielden seemed to have mastered the art of developing community partnerships and friendships. They don’t just support organic local farms, they support local neighborhood gardens and urban agriculture projects like The World in a Garden. They have their own Education Society  and a school based program called Fed Up! that teaches school kids  about growing, harvesting and cooking food. You think they might be tired (and they probably are) but not too tired to offer a warm smile and even a hand at the garden when we need them. The World in a Garden is blessed to have such supporters and friends. Now this is the way we like to do business – with heart and passion! Thank you Suz and Dom and the amazing team at Rocky Mountain. www.rockymountainflatbread.ca

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