09/25/2026
Celebrating by taking a look at a new compost pile being built ♻️
Every week, our compost site turns neighborhood food scraps into rich, living compost (aka black gold), powered almost entirely by volunteer labor. Last year, our volunteers helped us collect nearly 24,000 lbs of food scraps from the neighborhood and give back 9,030 lbs of finished compost to residents for free.
What does that look like? Turning piles, chopping up food scraps, and a lot of shoveling — all done by neighbors showing up for their community. It’s one of the most direct ways we know to close the loop on food waste and keep it out of landfills, where it would otherwise release harmful methane instead of enriching our local soil.
Composting is climate work, but in Red Hook, it’s food justice work too. This is a neighborhood that knows what it means to be on the frontlines of climate risk and left out of decisions about how to respond. Building healthy soil here helps us continue growing fresh, accessible produce for our community without the use of harmful chemicals.
This Climate Week, we’re proud that some of the most tangible climate work happening in Red Hook is happening right here in a compost pile.
Drop your food scraps off with us at the farm and help keep the cycle going. Want to join us as a volunteer? Sign up at the link in our bio!
