Get your hands dirty in the Giving Garden and help grow fresh food for local families! Located at the SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park in Traverse City, The Giving Garden is a partnership between SEEDS and the Father Fred Foundation to teach about growing food and to support Father Fred Foundation families.
*NEW* Come tour Timothy’s Conscious Compost to learn about how they have perfected their formulation and grown their composting operations on Food for Thought organic farm over the last 15 years. This event is part of the Michigan Organics Council’s Great Michigan Compost Tour. Food rescuers, animal feed operators, and composters across the state are […]
*NEW* In early 2025, the Lively Farm & NeighborFood Market joined SEEDS’ regional Food Scrap Drop-Off Community of Practice (CoP) to start a (soon to launch) community food scrap drop off on their farm. Lively staff will share about how composting compliments their neighborhood-based food hub and cultivates community connections. Learn about their growing compost […]
Hear how one local teacher and her students at Glen Lake Schools are addressing their school’s food waste.
At Krull’s Composting, learn how you can use premium compost to create better soil biology. Barry Krull will explain best practices for applying compost and share about how healthy soil […]
Come visit Interlochen’s composting program and teaching gardens and learn about how composting connects to their vision for sustainability! They have both small-scale and large, industrial-scale composting facilities on-site. In […]
Come get social with fellow soil lovers! In celebration of the Great Michigan Compost Tours, the Alliance for Organic Waste Diversion wants to take the opportunity to gather food rescuers, […]
*NEW* Explore one of the highest and best uses of surplus food by touring GoodwillNMI’s Food Rescue. They rescue, harvest, repack, and distribute 2 million pounds of food annually — […]
The City of Traverse City's Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot program, in partnership with SEEDS and Carter’s Compost, has celebrated its inaugural year and will be hosting a tour. […]
Come learn about the different DIY composting systems at the SEEDS Compost Petting Zoo, where we have eight different composting set-ups on display. You can meet and pet our red wiggler worms and other micro-organism friends! This is a family-friendly event – all ages are welcome! There will be a variety of kid-friendly activities including […]
See how Emmet County creates its homegrown compost at this site tour. Emmet collects over 600,000 pounds of food scraps per year through community drop offs and pick ups from […]
It's the 2nd annual Pumpkin Smashing Extravaganza, a community event focused on sustainability and fun! Join the City of Traverse City, Carter's Compost, and SEEDS on Saturday, November 8, 2025, […]
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