Events

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!