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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> program to provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Everglades</span></a> with soil for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGarden</span></a></p><p>by Martin Vassolo, March 12, 2025</p><p>"Your food scraps could be used to help support the Everglades through a new partnership between the village of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinecrestFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinecrestFL</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiccosukeeTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiccosukeeTribe</span></a>.</p><p>"Instead of dumping <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWaste</span></a> into crowded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landfills</span></a>, which produce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> emissions, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EvergladesEarthCycleProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvergladesEarthCycleProject</span></a> will expand Pinecrest's residential composting program and deliver nutrient-rich soil to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Miccosukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miccosukee</span></a> Tribe.</p><p>"Driving the news: The project, funded with a $400,000 federal grant and other contributions, calls for installing four new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CompostingBins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompostingBins</span></a> in Pinecrest and three around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiamiDade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiamiDade</span></a> County District 7.</p><p>"The initial phase of the program will supply compost to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SwampyMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwampyMeadows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGarden</span></a>, which grows vegetables just outside the Miccosukee Indian School. </p><p>"Another proposal that's been floated is adding new soil to the Everglades' tree islands, though that would need tribal approval, says the Rev. Houston R. Cypress of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoveTheEverglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveTheEverglades</span></a> Movement, a partner in the program.</p><p>"Cypress told reporters on an airboat ride through the Everglades last week that the tribe teaches 'the essence of being in harmony with nature is giving back to it.'</p><p>"'With the Everglades Earth Cycle Project, we're giving back clean and healthy soil; we're giving products that might eventually improve the water quality out here, but we're also giving directly back to local indigenous communities here,' he said.</p><p>"Pinecrest already has two free public composting bins, one at the Pinecrest Public Library and another between the Community Center and Pinecrest Gardens."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/composting-program-to-provide-everglades-with-soil-for-community-garden/ar-AA1AKQrp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/composti</span><span class="invisible">ng-program-to-provide-everglades-with-soil-for-community-garden/ar-AA1AKQrp</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Composting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGardening</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReducingFoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReducingFoodWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>