Food Cycle KC
The majority of what we throw away can be recycled, reused, or composted. We make that easy.
Curbside composting supporting customers, community gardens and urban farms on the Kansas side of KC.
04/10/2023
Just a reminder that this Saturday 9-12 will be our last week at The Merc Co+op in Lawrence. Thank you Lawrence for your amazing support!
24/08/2023
Just a little something to keep your mind off the heat!
And a reminder that we'll be at the today, but we'll have shortened hours: 4:30 - 6:30, so come early and drop off your bucket!
22/08/2023
It's toasty, but our drivers are heading your way to pick up those green buckets!
Due to the extreme heat this week, some of our schedules may be running earlier than what you're used to. Please have your buckets out in the morning!
25/07/2023
Contamination in compost is something we have to watch out for. Luckily, our members do an amazing job of just collecting food waste, so we typically have almost no contamination!
Sometimes things still slip through though. We have a collection of items that we find when we're screening. Lots of cutlery!
On the right is our latest find. 😀
Any guesses on what our most common contaminant is? (comment and let us know)
20/07/2023
Thank you to our friends at Food Cycle KC for helping us divert waste away from landfills this week during Vacation Bible Camp!💚♻️
05/07/2023
Don't forget! We're on our normal pickup schedule for the rest of the week.
04/07/2023
Happy 4th of July!
We're enjoying some fresh picked raspberries. YUM!
How are you celebrating today?
29/06/2023
How do we spend our Wednesdays?
Working with KC Farm School at Gibbs Road to reduce food waste through composting, and support local agriculture and education!
This is what you help support and create with the food waste you save every week!
Every Wednesday we deliver about 1500 pounds of residential food waste to add to their compost pile. Completing the food cycle where it's needed instead of driving food waste miles away.
Their Farm Apprentices do the heavy lifting and see first hand how to create the compost they'll use to grow all that amazing food.
Our bucket swap at The Merc Co+op KCK is cancelled for tonight due to staffing issues.
We’ll still be at the Mission Market!
4:30 – 8 pm.
Come see us there!
09/06/2023
Are you home composting curious?
Just found this information from the Compost Education Centre in Canada - they do a great job of giving a high level overview of the most common home composting methods!
https://compost.bc.ca/programsresources/factsheets/
01/06/2023
We're Back!
Run on over to the Market today to swap your Food Cycle KC bucket!
It's a fast and easy way to compost the peels and rinds from all the delicious food you'll buy at the Farmer's Market!
You can find us in the grass right next to Reeds Road. Come say Hi!
01/06/2023
Bucket Swap Update: Due to staffing issues today we won't be at The Merc Co+op
But don't be sad! We'll be back next week! Every Thursday 4 - 7 pm you can bring your full Food Cycle KC food waste bucket in and exchange it for a clean, empty bucket for only $6.
30/05/2023
10/05/2023
Do you love being outside, saving the planet, and serving happy customers? We've got an opportunity for you!
Food Cycle KC is hiring! Come be a Compost Collection Driver for our amazing residential curbside members. If you know of someone who would be interested, check our our posting.
https://foodcyclekc.com/jobs/
04/05/2023
Rescuing Princess Leia would have been a lot easier if the Empire composted. Just saying....
May the Fourth be with you!
Photo: A New Hope/20th Century Fox
03/05/2023
This is awesome! One of our current customers shared that her son won a special ribbon in March at the Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair At Union Station for his study on whether coffee grounds help compost decompose faster.
I love hearing about all the different programs and education that's popping up around composting and soil health, and to see a cool study like this!
28/04/2023
What a great event! We’re happy to be a partner in reducing food waste at Johnson County Community College!
22/04/2023
It may be chilly, but the compost is going to be hot! Glad to have contributed a trailer full of food waste to help build KC Farm School at Gibbs Road’s new compost pile!
We’re here until 2 and I’ll be talking about backyard composting at 1!
15/04/2023
As we come to the end of Food Waste Prevention Week, it's perfect timing that we're partnering with the great team at Love In Lawrence to provide composting for the beautiful wedding they've planned for tonight!
Special events are a great opportunity to reduce organic waste (food + decor) and compost what remains. Love in Lawrence has created a holistic plan for sustainable events and we're happy to be a key part of that vision!
15/04/2023
Such a great cause! We are so happy to partner with Suds Refillery for this sustainable lifestyle basket as two Shawnee KS based companies who definitely want to "Feed Their Fight". Our cofounders are looking forward to playing in the pickleball tournament tomorrow in North KC at Chicken N Pickle - Kansas City!!
If you, too would like to support more locally grown, organic produce for KC cancer patients, consider supporting Food for the Cure with a tax-deductible donation or coming by to cheer on teams and bid on their awesome silent auction items while eating awesome food and drink between 9a-12p tomorrow. To support Food For The Cure with your donation, visit https://tinyurl.com/yphczcst
Silent auction prize #1 - sustainable living basket from Suds Refillery and Cycle KC, value $100!
- Beeswax food wraps
- Swedish dish clothe
- bamboo straws and cleaner
- bamboo cheese knife set
- paperless napkin set
- wool drier balls
- powdered laundry detergent
- natural stain remover stick
- expanding sponges
Join us at our 1st annual "Feed Their Fight" fundraiser tomorrow at Chicken N Pickle - Kansas City in North Kansas City from 9a-12p. Auction and tournament proceeds benefit our efforts to support KC cancer patients, or you can support with a donation that will be matched 10% at https://tinyurl.com/yphczcst
12/04/2023
Welcome to Food Waste Prevention Week!
As much as 40% of food in the United States is wasted each year. Composting is a great way to keep that wasted food out of the landfill, but what can we do to reduce how much food is wasted?
There are a lot of great resources available online that may give you some ideas on things you can do! Here's a great one to start with - Save the Food.
Save The Food 40% of food is wasted. Let's save the food.
03/04/2023
Are you a composting champion?
Once you're done cheering for your Championship pick tonight what happens to your (hopefully celebratory) dinner remains?
Pizza and paper...compost (don't just leave them in the box though. They're likely to spill out on your driveway when we pick up your compost if they're not in the bucket)
salt and pepper...compost...or save them to use later!
Pizza box...compost (put the box under your bucket so it doesn't blow away)
Everything else...Use it later, or place in the trash. Leaving the cheese and pepper flakes in the plastic containers means it can't be composted.
02/04/2023
Gardening season! Our live plant kits are a great way to get started.
https://foodcyclekc.com/product-category/live-plants/
29/03/2023
Will it?
You'd be amazed at all the things you can put in your compost bucket. Including paperboard egg cartons (don't forget the egg shells too)!
Unfortunately, Styrofoam doesn't make the list. 😢
Growing Good
Like so many other people we try to do our part for the environment and local businesses. We recycle, buy local, try to minimize our food waste, and compost in our backyard. We volunteer with local community gardens, and started growing some of our own vegetables.
In September 2019, we attended a local Climate Summit and heard Paul Hawken speak about Drawdown and what we can do globally to solve the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. Food waste and the related production of greenhouse gas emissions from food breakdown was the 3 rd highest cause of greenhouse gas emissions. This was a revelation and a wake-up call to do more.
We began Food Cycle KC in October of that same year. Our goal was modest, to reduce the amount of organic waste from Shawnee and Johnson County that would make its way into the landfill, transform that waste into compost and provide it to local community gardens and urban farms. To close the food life cycle in our community.
As we grew that idea and began looking for urban farms to partner with, it became clear that, while there was a rich culture of urban farming growing on the Missouri side of Kansas City, there was not an equivalent movement on the Kansas side.
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