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Maryland has Joined the Fight Against Food Waste!

Maryland has Joined the Fight Against Food Waste!

In 2021, the state of Maryland passed a bill requiring schools, businesses and organizations that generate at least two tons of food residuals per week to separate the food waste from other solid waste. Maryland generates an average 900,000 tons of food waste per year. This law aims to divert a good portion of that food waste from final disposal…

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Compost Outposts: ECO City Farms

Compost Outposts: ECO City Farms

Our partners at ECO City Farms have joined our fleet of Compost Outposts® by erecting a new modular composting site at their farm in Bladensburg, MD. Established in 2010, ECO City Farms is a non-profit, multicultural, Certified Naturally Grown, urban teaching farm. Currently, ECO manages three farms in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Their mission is to grow great food, farms…

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Compost Outposts: Butler’s Orchard

Compost Outposts: Butler’s Orchard

Butler’s Orchard is what family is all about. Owned and operated by the Butler family for three generations, with a passion for horticulture, the farm has expanded through the years. Butler’s Orchard is planted on over 300 acres of land in Germantown, MD.  The orchard grows more than 25 varieties of fruits, vegetables, flowers and trees and offers many family…

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Sustainable Chefs: Noobtsaa Vang

Sustainable Chefs: Noobtsaa Vang

For this edition of our sustainable chef series, we’re connecting with the Founder and CEO of Foodhini, Noobtsaa Philip Vang. This series is designed to spotlight local chefs and their ingenuity as they work to reduce waste in the kitchen. You can find previous installments of the chef series so far here.  Although the restaurants we have spotlighted so far…

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Sustainable Chefs: Brian Hatfield

Sustainable Chefs: Brian Hatfield

Welcome back to our sustainable chef series, where we’re connecting with local chefs to spotlight their ingenuity and creativity as they work to reduce waste in the kitchen. In previous installments we featured Rob Rubba from Oyster Oyster and Liv and Zach from Toki Underground.  Due to the scale of food waste produced by restaurants, chefs have the power to…

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Sustainable Chefs: Olivier “Liv” Caillabet & Zack Sanders

Sustainable Chefs: Olivier “Liv” Caillabet & Zack Sanders

Welcome back to our sustainable chef series, where we’re connecting with local chefs to spotlight their ingenuity and creativity as they work to reduce waste in the kitchen. In our first installment, we featured Rob Rubba from Oyster Oyster.  Food waste is a big issue on both a local and international scale, and a push toward food waste reduction in…

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Community Program Spotlight: Lisa White

Community Program Spotlight: Lisa White

Compost Crew’s community programs offer discounted rates for residents in a designated area.  Today’s spotlight focuses on Lisa White, who has been a Compost Crew customer since October of this year.  Lisa’s efforts to spread the word about composting around the neighborhood of Forest Estates in DC demonstrate how one person can scale their impact in helping to reduce food…

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