OLD LYME–On Saturday, Nov. 8, big orange gourds will be flying at the second annual Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) Pumpkin Toss. The event will run from 9 to 11 a.m. at Town Woods Park, 30 Town Woods Road. The event offers families a fun venue to recycle their Halloween pumpkins for a good cause, according to an LOLFSG press release. Building on the popular … [Read more...] about Got Pumpkins? Chuck ‘Em to Make Compost at Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden’s Second Annual Pumpkin Toss, Nov. 8
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TOP STORY: From Lunch Table to Farm: Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Get Behind Expanded Food Recycling Effort
LYME/OLD LYME–For three years, a local farmer has been teaching elementary school students in Lyme how to transform lunch leftovers into plant food. This year, she’ll be expanding her composting program across the Region 18 school district. Baylee Drown, co-owner of Long Table Farm in Lyme, doesn't want the kids from Lyme Consolidated School to have to return to … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: From Lunch Table to Farm: Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Get Behind Expanded Food Recycling Effort
TOP STORY: Lyme’s ‘Long Table Farm’ Turns Community Food Scraps into Rich Compost, Looks to Expand Program to Include Old Lyme
Compost Benefits Farm, Lyme Residents, Town’s Bottom Line ... and Doesn't Stink! LYME, CT—Long Table Farm owner Baylee Drown last week stood alongside several carefully-tended compost piles adjacent to the vegetable fields as food scraps carried in from all over town cooked down in a natural process that she hopes will bring the community-supported agriculture operation … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Lyme’s ‘Long Table Farm’ Turns Community Food Scraps into Rich Compost, Looks to Expand Program to Include Old Lyme