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Volunteer Time at the SEEDS Farm

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

Join us at the SEEDS Farm to help with a variety of gardening and landscaping projects! A fun opportunity for individuals and families!

Perennial Edible Landscaping

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

This class is offered through a partnership with Northwestern Michigan College Extended Education & Training. You must complete registration on their website here. Cost: $79 Class description: Explore food production […]

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

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

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 […]

Eat the Invasives

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

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: New! Join SEEDS staff in an introduction to preparations you can make at home out of aggressive plants that might be on your property. Learn about why it […]

Growing Soil Health with Compost and Biochar at Krull’s Composting

Krull's Composting 857 W Burdickville Rd, Maple City, MI, United States

At Krull's Composting, find out about blending compost with minerals to support soil health and learn about the benefits of biochar. Dress for the elements. This event is part of the Michigan Organics Council's Great Michigan Compost Tour. Composters across the state are hosting tours so that you can learn more about how your yard […]

Make Food Not Waste Guest Speaker Danielle Todd

Leelanau County Government Center 8527 E Government Center Dr, Suttons Bay, MI, United States

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.

Emmet County Recycling & Composting Tour + Mshko Ode Farm Visit

Emmet County Recycling 7363 Pleasantview Ln, Harbor Springs, United States

See how Emmet County creates its homegrown compost at this site tour. Stick around for an option to travel (self-drive) to Brutus, MI to see Mshko Ode Farm.

Grand Traverse Band Gitigaan Fish Composting Operations

Strongheart Civic Center 2700 Strongheart Way, Suttons Bay, United States

Learn about how the GTB Agriculture & Food Sovereignty Department has been growing their fish composting operations since 2022 and is averaging 6,500 pounds of fish waste composted per week.

SEEDS Compost Petting Zoo Open House

The SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park

SEEDS has eight different composting technologies on display in a compost petting zoo format in Historic Barns Park.

Interlochen Center for the Arts Compost Demonstration

Interlochen Center for the Arts 4000 J Maddy Parkway, Interlochen, MI, United States

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.

City of Traverse City In-Vessel Compost Pilot Program Tour

City of Traverse City In-Vessel Compost Site 715 Beitner St, Traverse City, United States

SEEDS and Carter's Compost have piloted an in-vessel compost system in Traverse City that will process up to 100 tons of food waste annually and is a significant step towards a greener future.

Transforming Organic Waste to DAIRY DOO® Compost

Morgan Composting 4353 US-10, Sears, MI, United States

See the Morgan Composting process ranging from household gardens to vineyards and greenhouses to transform organic waste into its multi-award winning DAIRY DOO® compost!