Care for Creation
July 9, 2023
Summer Compost – Let’s All Pitch In!
Rich compost added to your garden soil leads to those amazing home-grown tomatoes that taste like summer!
Turning food scraps into compost keeps it out of the landfill, avoids methane production, and enriches soil, thus nurturing plants, which feed people and wildlife, produce oxygen, store CO2, and offer beauty.
Fairfax County Park Authority set a goal to collect four tons of compost materials during the month of June. Collection takes place at all ten Farmers Markets around the county and continues through the market season. All we have to do is collect food scraps and bring them right here to the McLean Farmers Market at Lewinsville Park every Friday morning (or any of the other county markets). For detailed information on what goes in the bin, go to www.futureacresfarm.com .
Let’s demonstrate our demand for this practice and encourage County support for permanent compost collection solutions.
While you’re at the market, take your reusable bags and shop for delicious seasonal offerings that haven’t flown on a plane to get to market!
July 9, 2023
Summer Compost – Let’s All Pitch In!
Rich compost added to your garden soil leads to those amazing home-grown tomatoes that taste like summer!
Turning food scraps into compost keeps it out of the landfill, avoids methane production, and enriches soil, thus nurturing plants, which feed people and wildlife, produce oxygen, store CO2, and offer beauty.
Fairfax County Park Authority set a goal to collect four tons of compost materials during the month of June. Collection takes place at all ten Farmers Markets around the county and continues through the market season. All we have to do is collect food scraps and bring them right here to the McLean Farmers Market at Lewinsville Park every Friday morning (or any of the other county markets). For detailed information on what goes in the bin, go to www.futureacresfarm.com .
Let’s demonstrate our demand for this practice and encourage County support for permanent compost collection solutions.
While you’re at the market, take your reusable bags and shop for delicious seasonal offerings that haven’t flown on a plane to get to market!