Composting for the Lakes

This class is offered through a partnership with Northwestern Michigan College Extended Education & Training. You must complete registration on their website here. Cost: $69 Class description: Michigan has a […]

Composting 101: Food Scraps, Yard Waste & Wood – Oh My!

This class is offered through a partnership with Northwestern Michigan College Extended Education & Training. You must complete registration on their website here. Cost: $69 Class description: Do you wish […]

Make Food Not Waste Guest Speaker Danielle Todd

Danielle Todd of Make Food Not Waste will discuss the strategies represented in the EPA's Wasted Food Scale, the ways communities can be most effective in implementing strategies, and the local and national resources that are available.

Interlochen Center for the Arts Compost Demonstration

Interlochen's composting program and teaching gardens have both small-scale and large, industrial-scale composting facilities on-site. We turn out over 170 tons of finished compost each year that is utilized on our gardens and flowerbeds across campus.

Compost in Small Spaces or Over Winter

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

Join SEEDS staff to learn ways to compost your food scraps in small spaces, such as a balcony or porch, or even your basement! The same techniques apply to utilizing compost systems to use in northern Michigan winters. Learn about making a soil factory, using bokashi, and vermicomposting.