Garden of the XXI Century
By: Basil Rutz -Worker at Schmelly’s Dirt Farm I ascended the small slope from Lamanche St. to a lush 3,000 sqft plot in the Lower Ninth Ward while exclamations of pride bubbled out of the two stewards (volunteers) who had come to give me a tour. “Oh my god, they’ve grown so much!” Zoe and […]
You really want to put THAT in your compost?
Some musings on PFAS, Bio-Plastics, and Sustainable Materials Management If you’ve been following Schmelly’s on social media, you have probably seen recent posts about new research coming out on PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) in biodegradable and compostable food containers and serviceware. With the push for more responsible, environmentally-friendly consumption, there has been a boom in the […]
Compost N.O.W. & Schmelly’s featured in BioCycle magazine
Schmelly’s and Compost N.O.W. were featured in the September 2017 issue of BioCycle magazine for our residential food scrap collection program hosted at 5 public libraries around the city. We hope to expand to 7 libraries by early next year. find the writeup at: http://www.biocycle.net/2017/09/07/composting-roundup-77/
