The Chester County Solid Waste Authority is sponsoring a Food Waste Composting Workshop on February 28 in Room 149 at the Chester County Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, Pa.

The workshop begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at noon and is co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environmental Protection.

Participants will learn how to make composting manure, yard waste, food waste and other organics work for you.

Join expert composter, Mark Highland, for a look at how you can increase your on-farm organic matter by spending a little time composting. Collection, processing, equipment and permitting will be discussed.

Highland, “The Organic Mechanic,” focused his M.S. degree studies on compost and potting soil and helped Longwood Gardens develop composts to use in creating their own potting soil before starting his own potting soil company, The Organic Mechanic Soil Company, LLC.

For more information, contact Nancy Fromnick, Chester County Recycling Coordinator at 610-273-3771 ext. 226 with questions. To register, call 610-273-3771 ext. 228.

1/4/2008