Composting with Chicken Ranch Rancheria

Compost bay with organic material and pickup truck

Chicken Ranch Rancheria’s (CRR) compost program started as a means of utilizing Casino Resort food scraps rather than sending them to the landfill. But what began as a few buckets […]

Suchumumu Tribal Farm Assistant

Field rows with compost

The Farm Assistant is responsible for assisting with the growth of the Tribe’s Suchumumu Regenerative Farm and Composting Program located at the Suchumumu Farm Site in Jamestown, CA.

Training in the Art and Science of Composting

People creating compost piles in a field

A Week with the Compost Operator Training Course Over the first week of June, the Sierra Compost team took to Merced for the Compost Operations Training Course — five days […]

Compost & Food Sovereignty 

Three people standing next to compost bins, with two wheelbarrows full of compost.

Last week, we gathered in the fresh air and sunshine at the Bishop Paiute Tribe Food Sovereignty Program compost site and community garden for hands-on learning about their composting practices […]

An Introduction to Sierra Compost

Three partially-full concrete compost bays in front of trees, grassy field.

Sierra Compost aims to strengthen current compost operations and build the foundation for future community composting across the 7-county Sierra region.

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Questions, ideas, or interest in community composting? We’d love to hear from you.