Earlier this year, we had the chance to talk with some of our amazing local partners in Baltimore about their work to educate their communities about healthy soil, composting, and reducing food waste. This #WorldSoilDay, hear their stories: @sustainbmore

“We had 3 incinerators. Baltimore City has one of the highest asthma rates in the country. So we have a great opportunity to educate the affected people in this community.”—Marvin Hayes, manager of @bmorecompost #WorldSoilDay ( Miriam Doan)

“So I train youth on the art of small scale composting, and they run this food scrap collection service, bring the food scraps back to Filbert Street Garden, process it, and make it into Black gold.”—Marvin Hayes, manager of @bmorecompost #WorldSoilDay ( Miriam Doan)

"There used to be buildings here before this became our community farm...we’re all one group as the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, and we all have urban farms. And we work together."—Kimberly Raikes at @FarmWhitelock #WorldSoilDay ( Miriam Doan)

“Both of these open fields were just dumps. There was all types of trash, tires, bathtubs, everything. So when the farm was here, all of this got cleaned up.”—Denzel Mitchell, Baltimore Farm Alliance #WorldSoilDay ( Miriam Doan)

Many climate pollutants come from over-producing and landfilling food waste. But when food scraps instead become compost, the community and soil can benefit! Learn more via our incredible local partner @sustainbmore: https://on.nrdc.org/33Cq0t1  #WorldSoilDay