#FoodWasteFriday: Crown City Composters

 
 

We are excited to announce the start of Crown City Composters (CCC), a project of Seven Valleys Health Coalition that aims to reduce food waste through the activity of at-home composting.

At this point, you may dig our little worm mascot but you are probably asking what does composting have to do with community health and why would Seven Valleys Health Coalition want to be a part of it?

For over two decades, SVHC has held the vision that Cortland will be a community in which all individuals are empowered to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. To uphold this objective, we must pay attention to all of the aspects that create the environment for such empowerment, including the health of our physical environment. 

Did you know that starting to compost your food waste can:

  • Increase air quality

  • Save resources (like money, fossil fuel, etc.!)

  • Increase awareness of personal waste (leading to healthy changes in diet and personal habits!)

  • Help lower toxin levels in the environment

  • Help soil biodiversity

  • Increase the nutritional value in products (like vegetables and fruit!) in a garden or land plot that uses compost

  • Reduced water consumption

  • And more!

These points are just the beginning of how turning your food waste into compost can help foster a healthier Cortland in which to live, work, and play. 

Not sure where to starting with composting? We have you covered! Head over to Crown City Composters and we will give you all the support you need to get your at-home compost system up and running. There you’ll find our Composting 101 video , that features Jared Popoli, a Master Composter from Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District. Viewing Jared’s presentation is a great way to get started on your composting journey!

 
 

Also, we are looking for local composters to highlight on CCC’s new Facebook page. It doesn't matter if you are fresh out of the gate or an experienced composter, we'd sure love to connect with you! (You can email us here. )

 
 

Funding for this project is (partly) provided by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, and the City of Cortland.

 
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