RESOURCES

Learn About Our Impact

A selection of materials to understand our systems and impact:

First Year Program Evaluation, completed by Bratman et al 2022, “Lancaster Compost Co-ops: Program Evaluation and White Paper”
The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Award 23 Healing The Planet Grants To Support Food Waste Prevention, Reduction, Recovery Projects

Starting Your Own Co-Op

Our initiative is inspired by the work of several other organizations:

Composting 101

The internet has a lot of information on composting, but here are select few we like:

Books We Love

We read many of these titles in our monthly member book club:

Mary McKenna Siddals Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass
Suzanne Simard Finding the Mother Tree
Douglas Tallamy Nature's Best Hope
Merlin Sheldrake Entangled Life
Chris Smaje A Small Farm Future
Imbolo Mbue How Beautiful We Were

*We encourage you purchase these from your favorite small bookstore (we love the incredible Pocket Books) or get it from your local library.