Recycle Everything.

Composting is an element of recycling that in most kitchens is put on the back burner. 

It's easy to toss scraps into the trash and think composting is too difficult to do in your own home. We think of compost as a huge heap of magical organic material - and it can be, but it can also be a simple way to cut down on each of our food waste. 

If you're interested in taking recycling in your life to the next level there are plenty of ways to do it.

It's good to see how compost works at it's core. 

In our class last week we built a compost pile next to the high tunnels. What's awesome about our relationship with the dinning halls is that we supply food to them and then they give us their compost able food waste. 

It is important to layer the different parts evenly. We used a 5x5x5 pile system. We piled up layers of dry leaves, bedding and cow manure from adjacent Dairy barns, food waste pulp, already composted material, and then repeated. It was great to see that it is possible to use recycled material from the dining halls to grow the food for them. I'm excited to see what else we recycle on campus in the future.