Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! 🌎
Let’s work together to keep food waste out of landfills and restore #healthysoils in #LA.
Today, we’re highlighting a sustainable action you can take: dropping off your food scraps at an LA Compost Farmers’ Market drop off location!🥑🥬
We spoke with community composters at the @silverlakefarmersmarket , and their reasons for composting were truly inspiring. 🙌🏽
Do any of these reasons resonate with you? Comment below on why you compost.⬇️
#WorldEnvironmentDay #CompostForChange #SustainableLiving #LACompost #EcoFriendly
We know composting in LA may feel overwhelming—but we’re here to help! 🌱 This is just a sneak peek of our How to Compost in LA video. Watch the full version at lacompost.org/compostinla to find the best composting option for you.
Explore step-by-step guides and resources in English & Spanish, and share them with your family, school, and community. This is a tool for all of us—to make smarter choices about our waste and share the benefits with those around us. Let’s compost together! 💚♻️
Big thanks to @relauren for lending her voice to this resource! 🎙️✨
#CompostInLA #SoilAndPeople #LACompost #CommunityComposting
This is your sign to start volunteering at the Farmers’ Market with us! 🥬👩🏽🌾
Help us promote community composting at LA Farmers’ Markets with our Food Scrap Collection program. You’ll be supporting our efforts in keeping food scraps out of landfills while learning about composting and sustainability. This is a great opportunity for those who are interested in compost education, enjoy meeting new people, and being an advocate for local compost opportunities! 🌱🪱
Plus, you’ll be able to enjoy all the perks that come from volunteering at a Farmers’ Market, like trying new snacks and purchasing farm fresh goodies.🌯🥐🍰🍎
🔗 Browse all volunteer opportunities and sign up at lacompost.org/volunteer.
⭐️ Farmers' Market featured: @thehfm
⭐️ Baked goods featured: @mijasbakeshop
The Magic Soil Bus has begun making its journey across LA! 🚌🪱✨
Earlier this year, our newest educational endeavor officially hit the road, making stops at schools, community centers, and public events.
Every visit has been nothing short of magical, from gleeful laughter at finding a Roly-Poly in the compost to "a-ha" moments as youth connect the dots between their food scraps, compost, and the healthy soil that helps plants grow.
We’ve witnessed how valuable it is for youth to have these experiences. It sparks curiosity, gets them excited to learn, and helps them better understand their role in supporting our local environment.
We’re excited to continue expanding Magic Soil Bus visits across LA!
We’re closing out #InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek with a highlight on our favorite way to compost: WITH COMMUNITY! 🙌🏼🪱🌱
From the beginning, we’ve known that composting food scraps is more than diverting food from landfills, it’s a way to build something together and connect with one another. When food scraps are composted locally, the benefits can ripple outward, supporting green jobs, healthier soils, local food systems, and opportunities for environmental learning.
🔗 Learn more about community composting opportunities in LA by visiting the #linkinbio or lacompost.org/start-composting.
#icaw2026 #feedthesoil #compost #communitycompost #soilandpeople
May 3rd-9th is International Compost Awareness Week! 🪱🥬🍉🥑
Celebrated on the first week of May, the week is an opportunity to spread the word about the benefits of compost and inspire friends and family to start their compost journey. 🙌🏽
Composting recognizes the interconnectedness between every person who eats and the Earth that provides all of our food, as well as our agency in feeding the earth our scraps so that the soil may continue to provide for us abundantly. Compost grows healthy soil, healthy food, and a healthy California. 🌱
🔗 Visit lacompost.org/start-composting to explore community compost programs near you. #icaw2026 #feedthesoil #compost #soilandpeople
That's a wrap for Earth Month! 🌎✨️
Throughout April, community events brought people together to learn about composting, connect with soil ecosystems, and take free soil resources home. We’re grateful to everyone who joined us across LA. It was inspiring to see so many of you ready to take part in local environmental action.
Earth Month may be over, but there are still plenty of ways to get involved. Visit lacompost.org/start-composting to join local community compost efforts in LA.
Many people don’t realize that soil, especially healthy soil, is full of life. 🪱 🧑🏽🌾
For my recent episode for Teaching Climate Together, we focused on Composting with @lacompost where I got to work with Alyssa Carillo, Education Program Manager at LA Compost.
For this segment, we collected two unique soil samples: one from the street side near the garden and the other inside the community garden to examine how microbes differ. She gave me a 101 lesson on life in the soil.
Millions of species and billions of organisms make up a complex, diverse mix of microscopic and macroscopic life that represents the planet’s greatest concentration of biomass. Bacteria, algae, microscopic insects, earthworms, beetles, ants, mites, and fungi are among them. Altogether, their value has been estimated at $1.5 trillion annually worldwide (Source: USDA).
Estimates vary, but if you could weigh all the organisms in the top six inches of soil on an acre of land, you’d find they would weigh between 2,500 pounds and more than 5,000 pounds, depending on how healthy the soil is. That is a LOT of life.
The healthiest soils are those with a diversity and abundance of life. If you want to watch the full episode, head to my profile bio and click the Composting episode. You don’t want to miss out on this episode!
Videography: @strandedastronaut
#lacompost #composting #queerbrownvegan #climatesolutions #climateliteracy
Happy National Volunteer Week! (April 19–25) 🙌🏽🌱
We’re wrapping up the week with a 🪱 WORM THANK YOU 🪱 to all of our volunteers who help build compost piles, collect food scraps at Farmers' Markets, and give back to support community composting efforts across LA.
At LA Compost, we celebrate volunteers year-round through our Volunteer Appreciation program. Our most dedicated volunteers are recognized as “Compost Champions” and receive exclusive perks for their service.
Learn about our Volunteer Appreciation program at lacompost.org/volunteer-appreciation.
#communitycompost #soilandpeople #soilhealth #volunteerism #giveback
In Southern California, @lacompost is working to spark a composting movement, where friends and neighbors come together to create a higher purpose for food waste through cooperative composting.
Learn more about the community’s efforts at the link in our (@PBSSoCal ) bio.
CalRecycle leaders visited @lacompost this #EarthMonth to see how community-powered composting is growing across LA County. In 2024 alone, they diverted 3.2 million pounds of organic material! From the “Magic Soil Bus” to local compost sites and food‑scrap collection, it was inspiring to see community climate action in motion. ♻️🌎✨
LA knows how to celebrate Earth Month 😎🌎
From Earth Day celebrations to unique workshops and volunteer opportunities in LA, there are so many ways to take part in sustainability and community composting this April and beyond.
🌿 Here’s a peek at where we've been recently:
1. Zoo Bloom at the @lazoo
2. Earth Day Fair at City of Glendale @myglendale
3. Earth Day Fair at City of Paramount @paramount_posts
4. Village volunteer day at @regenvillage
5. Compost Hub support volunteers at @cufarm
6. Food scrap collection volunteers at @burbankfarmersmarket
7. Composter dropping off food scraps at @nhcfm
8. Preparing for Community Compost Day LA at the Griffith Park Compost Hub
🔗 Looking for Earth Month events in LA or ways to volunteer near you? Visit the #linkinbio or lacompost.org/earthmonth to explore sustainability events, composting resources, and more ways to celebrate the Earth.
