Encore Blog: Farewell, Team!
Congratulations on completing the 2024 Backyard Compost Challenge! As you know, we began this journey with a question: How much food...
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May 17
Week #10: Our Impact – The Proof is in the Pail
We’re nearly at the finish line, Compost Champions! You’ve completed 10 whole weeks of collecting and weighing scraps, reporting data,...
May 10
Week #9: Keeping Up with the Composting
As we round into the Challenge’s home stretch, we know that many households new to composting will soon be embarking on their own for the...
May 3
Week #8: Keeping Food Out of the Pail in the First Place
Eight weeks into the Compost Challenge, many of us are gaining confidence diverting our food waste from the landfill. So now that we’re...
Apr 26
Week #7: Waste Busters!
Thank you to Elise Sheffield, Boxerwood Education Director, for her guest blog this week: Hi everyone, as your Backyard Challenge enters...
Apr 19
COREworks: Another Yes!
This week a lively citizen review panel gave its stamp of approval to a tree planting project facilitated by Boxerwood in 2023. The...
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