This coming Saturday morning – May 12th around 10AM , there will be an informal ‘stand up’ meeting in the little park directly in front of Gordon Neighbourhood House for those residents interested in forming Drop Spot clusters for Composting in the Vancouver West End. For the past few months on Saturday mornings @ Gordon […]
Food Scraps Drop Spot Van Farmer’s Market Finally another project to divert more organic material from landfills in the downtown peninsula. In addition to programs that encourage apartment dwellers to create soil from organic food scraps in “worm composters” the West End Farmer’s Market is starting a new project where residents can drop off organic […]
A key element for the City of Vancouver to become a sustainable, ecological city is how we handle our organic waste. Community composting is an emerging idea, but one that could be key in reducing Vancouver’s footprint and actually create energy and productive soil for a local food network. A brief history of composting Currently, […]