For community gardeners, compost is a valuable resource that improves and maintains soil health by increasing the water retention of soil and creating healthy, productive harvests. Compost is also an important part of the local food system because the food scraps and other compostable materials are diverted from landfills and used as a key ingredient in producing nutrient-rich compost.

Even at community gardens that produce their own compost or practice other forms of soil health-building (like crop rotation and cover cropping), the need for high-quality, finished compost always exists. For 2022, Food Well Alliance is excited to be working with Soil3 to offer compost deliveries of up to 2-cubic yards to community gardens located in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties. Delivery requests can be made from now until Tuesday, March 15, 2022.