Funded by the city Department of Sanitation and operated by the city Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden, the one-acre Farm and Compost Site is a public space on the southwest section of the garden that demonstrates how the food cycle is applied to agriculture, horticulture, and green infrastructure. Launched on the first day of summer, the organizers invited the public to participate in the organics recovery process—more than 50 people attended the event in June.
On the Farm and Compost Site, through the partnership with DSNY, people can see the whole cycle of plant to food, then compost, soil and, in turn, fruits and vegetables. According to the Project Manager, Elsa Higby, “Compost is a strategic and important part of recycling food scraps and anything that was once alive,” said Higby. “Compostables are food for composting bacteria, the resulting compost is food for plants and plants for food for people. Every living thing in the food web eats.”
The New York City Compost Project helps to reduce waste in New York City and rebuild city soils by providing people with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to produce and use compost locally. Crops grown on the farm include heirloom tomatoes, beans, turnips, as well as a variety of kales, lettuces, peppers and radishes, according to the project. The finished compost is used on the garden grounds, community greening events in public spaces and distributed to community gardens and residents of Queens.
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