For Franco, helping people understand food systems and composting is a doorway to connecting them with nature. Drawn by our town’s culture, community, and natural beauty, Flavia moved to Ashland from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017. In the eight years since, she...
U.S. landfills have the polluting power of a quarter of the country’s cars. Cutting down on that pollution starts at home. You grab a banana on your way out the door, eat it in a few bites, and toss the peel. Simple enough — but that peel is part of a massive climate...
Compost experts Magdalena Winter of Ashland Community Composting and Flavia Franco of Southern Oregon Food Solutions offer their favorite videos about composting at home. Bokashi home composting systemBuild a 3-Bin ComposterHow to Compost Using a 3-Bin SystemBuild a...
Food waste is a major climate problem. As it decomposes in landfills, it releases methane, a potent pollutant that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the short term. We talk a lot about composting as a solution to this climate pollution, but you know...
Student Studies Food Waste and Suggests Simple Solutions to Make Big Changes Alma Galicia, 14, an eighth-grader at TRAILS Outdoor School in Ashland, knew that food waste was an issue at her school. She also knew it was a major source of the climate-polluting methane....
This year, in keeping with Rotary's new area of focus, "Supporting Environment," Ashland Reads created hardly any garbage when it served lunch to first-graders who participated in the annual literacy project. Ashland Rotarians team up each spring to put on a...
A big community thanks to Ashland Community Composting for donating compost to the Ashland High School Otterlifter Canoe! Our Compost Action Team volunteer, Magdalena Winter, recently donated two cubic feet of compost to Ashland High School. The rich compost, produced...
Looking for an accessible, affordable compost option? Ashland Community Composting has you covered. At the heart of the organization is Magdalena Winter, a longtime Ashland resident and member of our Compost action team. Three years ago, alongside her friend Ximena,...
Ever wish there was a smarter thing to do with your food scraps than throwing them in the garbage? Tried to start your own compost operation at home but found it’s too difficult to maintain or that it attracts unwanted critters? Rogue Produce has created a smart...
Food waste is a common problem during the holidays. Every year at Thanksgiving, American families throw out 305 million pounds of food, according to the University of Minnesota. It’s possible to avoid contributing to the problem, by taking a few simple steps: Plan...
Flavia Franco is a local climate activist who is fighting for an end to food waste. She supports Ashland Climate Collaborative because we're bringing the community together to find those solutions.