Painted Turtle Farm Home | Environmental Education | Green Goodies | Compost Program
The Painted Turtle Farm partners with the Dining Center, Facilities Services, and the recycling interns to coordinate the Compost Program. Vegetable and fruit scraps, eggshells, soil, leaves, yard waste, and garden weeds are piled into compost bins to enrich the farm's soil. The program reduces the College's contribution to the waste stream, and it closes the sustainable loop. The program won state and national honors in RecycleMania's 2008 Food Service Organics competition, placing fifth in Pennsylvania and 37th nationally.
Students with compostable organic waste are always welcome at Farmhouse!
The Compost Program is always in need of volunteers!
Contact the Painted Turtle Farm Interns:
Sara Tower '12 at towesa01@gettysburg.edu
Hannah Grose '13 at grosha02@gettysburg.edu
Erin Richards '13 at richer03@gettysburg.edu
Or the Recycling Interns:
Mary Kate Ranii '12 at ranima01@gettysburg.edu
Julie Ivers '12 at iverju01@gettysburg.edu
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