Fort Worth Country Day, the oldest college preparatory school in Fort Worth, has partnered with Fort Worth-based Cowboy Compost to implement an ongoing, long-term composting program at the school. On October 2, Cowboy Compost founder Miguel Harth-Bedoya hosted a kickoff event to educate Fort Worth Country Day students on the benefits of composting.
“We are thrilled with this opportunity to partner with Cowboy Compost,” said Eric Lombardi, head of school at Fort Worth Country Day. “This new composting program will further mold our students into responsible citizens who serve others and their community. It’s always wonderful when we find new and innovative ways to raise awareness about important issues such as waste, and develop solutions that improve our campus and the greater Fort Worth community.”
The partnership with Cowboy Compost involves students K-12 responsibly placing their lunch trash in the appropriate container. In Fort Worth Country Day’s Fischer Dining Pavilion, there are receptacles for food waste, bins for recycling, and containers for trash. After the food waste is collected, Cowboy Compost takes it to a compost center where it is made into rich soil. Though some of the soil is returned to Fort Worth Country Day, most of it is distributed throughout Fort Worth. More than 2,100 pounds of food waste was collected during the pilot week of the program.
“I started composting because I didn’t want my children living in a city where we are not aware of our actions,” said Miguel Harth-Bedoya, founder of Cowboy Compost. “We are here at Fort Worth Country Day to share and practice this system of composting, and to ensure our food scraps do not go to waste.”
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