tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869786553366656402024-03-07T21:14:46.800-08:00Fort Greene Compost ProjectFort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-29516853432690670122011-04-28T14:30:00.001-07:002011-04-28T14:34:32.947-07:00GrowNYCThere have been lots of changes recently at the market. For those of you who have not yet noticed, GrowNYC is now managing the compost. This is part of a 4-month pilot program to expand food scrap collections at seven Greenmarkets in Brooklyn and Manhattan. For more information check out their website: http://www.grownyc.org/compost.<br /><br />And please, help spread the word! Tell your friends about GrowNYC's new drop-off sites!Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-5433816911807075532011-04-28T06:23:00.001-07:002011-04-28T06:24:56.355-07:00New Hours!Hi Everyone,<br /><br />From March 5th to June 25th, GrowNYC will be managing the collection bin. Please note that they have expanded the drop-off times; you can now bring your kitchen scraps anytime between 8 am and 3 pm. No more noon rush!<br /><br />See you at the market...Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-8912939847972821942010-04-07T19:38:00.001-07:002010-08-03T13:14:49.708-07:00Help Incentive<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Composting at the Fort Greene Farmer's Market is an </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">all-volunteer</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">community supported</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> project -- which means we need your help to keep this neighborhood service going! Volunteers are needed to mind the drop-off bins, take donations, and help turn the compost at our sites around Brooklyn. If you have never volunteered before, please consider </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M">taking a shift</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. This locally-grown project is the first of its kind, but needs its friends and neighbors to participate in order to keep running every Saturday.<br /><br />Our pals at </span><a href="http://cafehabana.com/index.htm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Habana Outpost</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a local solar powered eatery, are offering folks another incentive to help out with the Fort Greene Compost Project. Those who take a spot on our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M">Volunteer Schedule</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> will not only keep the compost drop-off running as a neighborhood service, but they'll also receive a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">$10 Gift Certificate to Habana Outpost</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> at 757 Fulton Street. Lunch is on them. Or dinner. </span></span><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Take a look at our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M">Volunteer Schedule</a>.</span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Together We Compost</span><br /></span></div></span>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-70046729300090602252009-11-10T11:13:00.000-08:002010-08-03T13:12:57.979-07:00Volunteering Opportunities<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dear Neighbors,</span></span></div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since we have initiated our donation based system this fall there has been great response and support. The fee for service is helping fund supplies, such as garbage bags, truck rentals and over all making Fort Greene Compost Project a more sustainable operation. We are glad for everyone involved. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As of the past few months, organic waste collected each week at the Fort Greene Greenmarket has been going to a number of places routinely. Red Hook's </span></span><a href="http://www.added-value.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Added Value Farm</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> receives a load each Saturday while every other week one of four participating community gardens takes a turn, turning the compost. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/clubextra.html?nclubid=152085105&nid=741372557" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Prospect Heights</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (St. Marks Ave. and Vanderbilt Ave.)</span></span></div><div><a href="http://greeneacres.interactivist.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Greene Acres</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Franklin Ave. and Greene Ave.) </span></span></div><div></div><div><a href="http://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Brooklyn Bears</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Carlton Ave. and Greene Ave.)</span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.woodbinegarden.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Woodbine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Woodbine St. and Central Ave.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Some of the gardens originally involved in the project have dropped out due to capacity issues and desire to pursue other interests. Our existing recipients have had to cut down to once every other month and have asked that we find other destinations for the now 1500 pounds of collected weekly compost. A vacant site in the neighborhood? </span></span><a href="http://www.fortgreenepark.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fort Greene Park</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Recently, we have provided bins for farmers Ted King of </span></span><a href="http://www.rexcroftfarm.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rexcroft Farm</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and Hector Tejada of </span></span><a href="http://conucofarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Conuco Farm</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to truck a few bags back upstate. They are compensated with some of the donation funds and greatly appreciated for making room in their delicate food transport space. Processing it, too. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Keeping this system in motion requires people in the gardens with shovels and wheelbarrows. It needs folks to be at the donation jar for some of their morning. A few hours of a Saturday afternoon down in Red Hook with Charlie, one of the lead movers of this project, layering wood chips and having some watermelon; maybe apple cider now. Volunteering to learn more about composting is not only welcomed, but encouraged as a necessary part for our being up and running. <b>Please, take a look at our <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M">Volunteer Schedule.</a></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M"> </a></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1C0dI6PxbQEvKxDf9jc8FSXkbb8zlwTnume9-fAHI5Eo&hl=en&authkey=CMTUuN0M"><br /></a></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also, for efficiency and well-being: if the organic matter is bigger than a hand, please cut it down into smaller pieces before composting. Stickers and rubber bands can make a nice collection on the refrigerator door or inside of a glass jar.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Salubrity,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fort Greene Compost Project</span></span></span></div></span>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-71907824157822207352009-09-17T21:48:00.001-07:002009-09-17T21:52:21.469-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Starting this Saturday, September 19, we will be asking for a $1 donation from everyone who drops off food scraps at the market. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This money will be used to make this project 100% self-sustaining, especially as we look for a larger-scale way to manage 1300+ pounds of food scraps every week. Donations will be on the honor system, but please participate if you can. If you have a big household (3 people or more) or have been saving up, the suggested weekly donation will be $2 or more.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also need your time and energy to keep this project going. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Right now, volunteers are needed to help with outreach, transporting and turning compost, and organizing things behind the scenes. If you are interested in getting involved please reply to this email, or just sign up at the market on Saturday.</span></span></p><p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We can’t reach everyone at once, so please spread the word among your friends and neighbors who compost at the market! With your help, this "community-supported composting" project will keep going strong and be a true model for neighborhoods everywhere.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">yours truly,</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Fort Greene Compost Project</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Amanda, Carolina, Marisa, Jon, Kendall, Alice, Charlie, Ray Ray, Clara, Roy, Jenna, Trevor, Seth, Ned and more</span></span></span></p></span>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-80935851781299451162009-08-21T21:44:00.000-07:002009-09-17T22:01:37.013-07:00Join our mailing list.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;color:#29303B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Join the mailing list to keep updated on composting at the Ft. Greene Farmers Market. Email </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">fortgreene.compost@gmail.com</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> with </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">add</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> as the subject.</span></span></div></span></span>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-33580195082035445022009-08-21T19:05:00.001-07:002010-04-26T19:11:34.660-07:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">FAQs</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Composting in Fort Greene </b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i>Who is the guy with the ponytail I always see hauling away compost?</i></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">That's Charlie – Clinton Hill gardener, compost lover, superhuman. He is not paid to take the compost. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i>Is the compost program run by the Greenmarket?</i></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Greenmarket is a friend and fan of the compost project, but it has always been run by neighborhood garderners and volunteers.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i><br /></i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic; ">Where does the compost go?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">The food scraps collected here each week are currently taken to community gardens in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Bushwick and to Added Value Farm in Red Hook. We are always looking for more sites to process compost.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">How does it get there?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Volunteers from the Fort Greene Compost Project deliver the goods by truck, van and tricycle. We are always looking for more methods of transportation.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Where'd you get that tricycle?<br /></span>We bought it from <a href="http://worksmancycles.com/">Worksman</a> (who gave us a great deal) with a grant from <a href="http://www.citizensnyc.org/">Citizens Committee for NYC</a>. Alice and Clara salvaged an <a href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/compost/photos/p8050926.jpg">old bedframe rig </a>it for our unique compost hauling needs.<br /><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">How much is collected?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">About 1500 pounds every Saturday.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Who runs the compost collection?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">The Fort Greene Compost Project is an all-volunteer group made up of your friends and neighbors. We have operated this site year-round at the Ft. Greene Greenmarket since October 2005.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Does every Greenmarket have compost?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Fort Greene and Union Square are the only Greenmarkets in New York City that have a compost drop-off.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">What are the hours?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">8:30am - 12 noon, every Saturday.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">How can I help?</span></i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;">Get involved! Volunteer some of a Saturday at the market or on site. Check out our <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmGUjXq7C8zcdDU3YTlWMUFQcFhMWnd3b1ZTWkZXX1E&hl=en">Volunteer Schedule</a>. Tell us your ideas. Share some resources. We are always looking for transportation. We need more sites to process compost at, too. Know of any gardens? Available lots? Backyards?</span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">How can I contact you?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color:#215eb1;"><span style="color:#000000;">Email <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="mailto:fortgreene.compost@gmail.com">fortgreene.compost@gmail.com</a></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, fantasy;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: underline;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386978655336665640.post-33277636625172046832009-08-21T19:02:00.000-07:002009-08-21T19:03:02.336-07:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Dear Neighbors,</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">The Fort Greene Compost Project has been collecting food scraps here every Saturday since October 2005. We are an all-volunteer group of gardeners, Greenmarket shoppers, and neighbors who believe that less waste and more soil is a good thing. Composting has been catching on -- thanks to you! But we're going to need your help to keep this program going in the future.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Please show some love for composting in Fort Greene by taking our survey, joining the mailing list, and helping out where you can. Specific things we need currently include a pick-up truck (2X a month), volunteers to help haul the load, website design, and organizing help.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">Thanks!</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p>Fort Greene Compost Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06587112501072364852noreply@blogger.com0