It's official...I started the 'tea with iris composting program'.
WHY?
- one of my favorite books, Cradle to Cradle, says it perfectly..."WASTE EQUALS FOOD. Nature operates according to a system of nutrients and metabolisms in which there is no such thing as waste."
- 1/3 of global food production goes to waste. I want to change this statistic at the local level.
- my biggest success in growing my own food started with home-grown compost.
I plan to hit restaurants within a 2 mile radius of my house and start collecting their food waste and turning it into nutrient-rich compost. I started this week with Keedy's diner, since we practically grew up at the formica counter relishing their chocolate malts. It was also my father's first job in high school which makes him sort of a VIP if you can say that in a diner. So they were very receptive to my plan of picking up their food waste. I'm starting small by taking their coffee grounds, then I'll move on to egg shells; I don't want to disrupt the kitchen's whole cooking process overnight.
This is also an open invitation to my neighbors and friends that live near us to bring their food waste to our compost bins. Here is a helpful link on what you can and can't compost:
