composting – Orcas Island Exchange

Food Waste Prevention

Heather Wallace2024-05-05T23:00:50+00:00March 14, 2024|Inspiration|

"In the United States, about half of all food [...]

Wormapalooza

Heather Wallace2023-10-16T18:49:07+00:00May 12, 2023|Inspiration|

For those of you who participated in our successful first [...]

The Compost Pile Explained

Heather Wallace2020-05-04T23:47:46+00:00May 4, 2020|Inspiration|

There is a difference between soil creation and a moldering [...]

VERMI-what???

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:27:11+00:00February 1, 2020|Inspiration|

A little hardship grew to big changes in Cuba in [...]

First Community Compost Task Force Recap

Heather Wallace2020-03-01T02:11:55+00:00March 1, 2020|Inspiration|

The first meeting of the Community Compost Task Force was [...]

A (not so short) History of Compost

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:25:31+00:00January 11, 2020|Inspiration|

Prehistoric farmers discovered that manure from their domesticated animals - [...]

Community Scaled Composting

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:14:24+00:00December 12, 2019|Inspiration|

ORS previously held two events on Orcas to introduce community [...]

Why Compost?

Danielle Wheeler2023-01-18T21:23:16+00:00January 22, 2016|Inspiration|

When waste is sent to landfill, air cannot get to [...]