Resources: Food Waste & Soil Improvements
Examples of community urban growing taking place in Islington, with practical tips, data and inspiration for others interested in taking action on food waste, and making food production more local.
Thanks to funding secured from the North London Waste Authority’s Community Fund, our Urban Soil Food project is underway - creating three demonstrator Community Composting Hubs. Through the project we want to train up ‘Urban Soil Farmers’ who have a passion for transforming green waste and food waste in to nutritious food for soil.
Join the #choosecomposting movement! Pledge to compost at home, at your local composting hub, or to talk to those around you about composting! Watch the video below for top composting tips, and learn about Islington composting Hubs.
Composting Case Study 1: Camden Estate Food Garden
Community Composting top tips for setting up a composting system on your site.
Composting Case Study 2: Highbury Quadrant Nature Garden
Composting on a larger scale as part of a permaculture closed loop system where no organic waste leaves the site.
Composting Case Study 3: Transition Highbury Food Garden
Integrating composting into the wider community by taking food waste from local businesses to compost and support productive local food growing.
How to Prevent and Reduce Food Loss and Waste
Dr Christian Reynolds present the cold hard reality of the impact of food production on global climate change - and suggests 3 strategies for taking action.
Resources
Want to reduce the amount of food that you waste?
Join the community saving food, saving money, and saving the planet! Love Food Hate Waste
Want to know more about composting? RHS Gardening provides some quick facts on recycling garden waste for creating compost at home.
Garden Organic - making and using compost is the cornerstone of organic gardening.
Make your own nutrient packed soil improver - find out more from the National Trust.
Community Composting Regulations UK - The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
Community Composting in Schools and Allotments is regulated - here’s a great resource from Carry on Composting.
Ridan Composting System - here’s an effective practice model for communities in housing blocks and a local council working together to collect and compost food waste.
Composting in the Community Network - find out more about the amazing work of this independent network supported by Social Farms & Gardens.
The Eden Project shares their Top 10 Tips for making compost.