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Composting 101 with Urban Growers Collective
Saturday April 5, 2025 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
Greenhouse, 1st Floor
Healthy soil is the foundation of life for all beings.

Join Urban Growers Collective for an informative workshop on the topics of building healthy soil, the importance of composting, and a hands-on demonstration of how to build your own vermicompost bin. Pose questions to UGC’s team regarding the implementation of composting lessons for participants of all ages, with special attention to teen and adult participants.

Participants in this session will learn critical information regarding the principles of composting, receive guidance on ways to incorporate curricular material in an outdoor classroom, and practice the hands-on application of their skills through the construction of a vermicomposting bin (scalable to the individual or community level), and understanding the care required to maintain it. Participants are encouraged to critically engage with the material and will have time to ask questions at the end of the experience to generate connectivity around the science and application of composting in urban spaces.

When we learn collectively, we hold a mirror up to the relationships that already exist among our mentors in the Soil Web. Collaborate with us on ways we can benefit our local soil systems through composting, and find out how to be engaged with UGC!
Speakers
avatar for Darion Crawford

Darion Crawford

Urban Farmer & Compost Coordinator, Urban Growers Collective
Darion Crawford (he/him) has been farming since he was 16 years old.  He began his journey with agriculture at Marshall High School in Chicago, where he studied farming, and was chosen to be one of the first 15 year-round students of the Growing Power Chicago Youth Corps in 2006... Read More →
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Paige Tobin

Assistant Manager of Education, Urban Growers Collective
Paige Tobin (she/her) received her BA in Anthropology/Sociology and Critical Ethnic Studies from Kalamazoo College. Paige is originally from Battle Creek, MI and has lived and worked in Chicago since 2019.Paige enters this work with reverence for community, storytelling, and our shared... Read More →
Saturday April 5, 2025 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
Greenhouse, 1st Floor Academy for Global Citizenship, 4942 W 44th St, Chicago, IL 60638
  Gardening + Growing, All levels: for everyone

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