Rescuing More Produce!
HDFFA will expand their Grow & Give program with insulated coolers and offer produce donation locations at community gardens, gleans, and farmers markets to increase food donations by 3,000 lbs in 2023.
Read MoreBend Council on Aging – Congregate Dining Dishware
Council on Aging will replace breakable dishware with new durable dishware, with the goal of utilizing dishware that lasts more than six months.
Read MoreReusables for Bend-La Pine Schools’ Events
Bend-La Pine Schools will implement reusable dishware kits in each school to be used for all special events reducing single-use waste.
Read MoreAgricultural Packaging Repurposing Program
Central Oregon Locavore will set up an outdoor storage shed to decrease the number of waxed produce boxes that are going to the landfill, while simultaneously saving local farmers and ranchers significant expenses.
Read MoreComing In Hot Composting at Worthy
Worthy Environmental will use the Community Innovation Fund to purchase a composter and rain barrel to achieve a hot composting process and host two free composting workshops.
Read MoreA More Sustainable Stay at Mt Bachelor Village
Mount Bachelor Village is expanding the reach of their tourism waste reduction pilot to improve the quality and quantity of recycled materials, specifically reducing plastic contamination.
Read MoreLCA Community Reusable Dishware
Latino Community Association used the Community Innovation Fund in 2022 to purchase reusable food and drinkware for their Community Room. The space gets rented at least 3x a week for events where food and drink is served and saves about 100-200 items of related single-use waste for each event.
Read MoreToo Good to be Trub
Fields Farm teamed up with Spider City Brewing to divert the brewery’s trub, using it as compost or mulch.
Read MoreRAD Plarn Plant Pots!
RAD (Reduce All Detritus) purchased a large spinning wheel and other tools and supplies to create large pots from plastic bags and bottles.
Read MoreA Garden Compost with Worms
COIC Skills Lab implemented a composting project using a SubPod vermiculture station with worms, diverting 500 pounds of waste each year and reaching and educating 150+ youth and 25+ staff in the process.
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