"Is it going to spill out?" Rich black compost spills out from the container. "It doesn't stink at all!" says one of the kids. "It smells earthy!" The 5,200 pounds of food waste diverted from a ...

Older kids show younger ones the ropes, and the students leave school excited to share with their families what they have learned, she said. Many of those families are now composting at home and ...

Gently crack the top of an eggshell and discard the egg or save it for cooking. Rinse the shell and use a pin to pierce a hole in the bottom of each one. Your kids can gently draw faces on the ...

A small, modular composting system may be just what your small property needs. You don’t need a huge open pile to break down organic materials from your garden. Try this small but mighty DIY ...

They fertilize the beds with chicken manure, and they set up compost. Their projects are all ... Erin Feeley. The kids were devastated. “This is what happens in life,” she said.

And when teachers asked if the 12 council members wanted to take on a composting project, the answer was immediate. “It was really the kids,” said fifth grade teacher Tatianna Spencer.

As the kids say, “TMI ... Funerals aside, the cagey practice of composting food scraps goes back to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. I’m going to assume that it was taught to them by ancient ...

The kids have been waiting all year for this moment. Behind local farmer and composting consultant Steven Wynbrandt is a series of five-foot-tall containers. The K-8 students at The Wesley School in ...