Grow Your Own Food for Earth Day
In honor of Earth Day we are giving away a Grow Kit. Grow your own food in any sunny outdoor space with this kit that includes:
- Cubic foot bag of Black Earth Compost
- 15-gallon Grow Bag from Backyard Growers
- Vegetable Starts Kit from Cedar Rock Gardens, which includes 2 kale, 2 Lettuce, 2 spinach, 2 onion, 1 parsley, 1 cilantro, 1 bok choy, and 1 cabbage.
Enter the giveaway by doing one or both of these things for multiple entries.
- Share your own compost story and your Give $5, Get $5
referral link with a friend. You will receive one entry for each
referral that signs up with your link through Sunday, May 9th. Your
friend will get $5 off and you will get $5 toward our online shop.
- On our Instagram giveaway announcement complete these three steps:
- Follow us
- Share something you learned or like about composting
- Tag two friends who would be interested in composting
Rules:
- The winner must live within our service range to receive prize. Delivery by mail is not available.
- Entries will be accepted Monday April 17th through Friday, April 21st.
- The winner will be picked at random and contacted on Saturday, April 22nd.
Here are 3 ways your small actions of separating your compostable waste everyday are building a brighter future.
1. Compost in Soil Sequesters C02 from the Atmosphere
2. Compost Improves Soil Health
3. Compost builds a more resilient Massachusetts
By providing a local source of nutrients to grow healthy food without the use of chemical fertilizers.
The infographics above come from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org), a national nonprofit organization working to strengthen local economies, and redirect waste into local recycling, composting, and reuse industries. It is reprinted here with permission.
Learn More
Watch Kiss the Ground, a documentary presenting a viable way to fight climate change by fixing our soil, on Netflix or Vimeo. If you don't have time for an entire movie catch the 6 minute Compost Story by Kiss The Ground.