Completed Competitive Grant

Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms

Project ID: 2002-YE

Abstract

This project increased the awareness of summer camp visitors about alternatives to using public landfill facilities for disposing of food waste.

Lead investigator: Nan Bonfils, Full Circle Farm, et al

Year of grant completion: 2002

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Human systems, demographics and beginning farmer programs, Integrated crop-livestock systems and diversity

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