Time has flown since our conference. Just as soon as the boxes touch down in our office, we are grabbing others, getting them in the car or sent out to another event.

More about our conference happenings later but I just wanted to let you know about a couple of our events from not this past but 2 weekends ago.

Kathy & Phil Lemieux have a great composting facility in Sault Ste. Marie --- Lemieux Composting. It was started by Phil's dad, Roly, a couple of decades ago. In our first composting facility survey (1992/93), the facility had the most unique organic feedstock recorded --- the old lottery tickets from the Ontario Lottery Corporation at the Sault.

Since then, that feedstock is no longer, but other types have become regular fare for their outdoor windrow facility ---- folks from the Sault can drop off their garden organics and leaf & yard materials for free. The Lemieux's draw their revenue mostly from the sale of their finished compost. They are providing a real community service to the residents of Sault Ste. Marie and are deserving of every success.

On September 23rd, we were able to join with them and their community partners for a Stone Soup Harvest Party to support Plant a Row - Grow a Row and the local food-sharing programs. A number of local restaurants donated soups and the Lemieux's offered free compost to the first 100 visitors to the party.

Folks from the Salvation Army and the Soup Kitchen along with representatives from the local community gardens and horticultural society were there to help support the event and share their happenings with the community.

All the staff involved at the composting facility donated their time to help out with the event....
A beyond great event .... as soon as I figure out how to post photos on this site, they'll be posted to show the events of the day.