Turning Frome’s food waste into nutrient-rich compost

Loop Frome are hosting a compost sale in Victoria Park on Sunday 20th October, from 12pm to 3pm. Find the team opposite the bandstand to pick up some ‘living compost’ for £10 a bag, locally created using food waste and perfect for encouraging your fruit and vegetables to grow.

Cllr Ben Still, a founder member of Loop Frome, said “For just over three years now, Loop Frome has been collecting food waste from businesses around the town and transforming it into compost. Working with people such as the Rye Bakery, Lungi Babas and the new Jude’s Café, we collect waste on electric cargo trikes every Wednesday and Friday. The food waste is processed in a Ridan Hot composter and mixed with wood shavings from local woodworker Will McLean and his team. After this, nature starts to take over. We mature the compost in specially designed boxes at our site in Victoria Park, and after nine months create complete ‘living compost’.

This final product contains billions of beneficial bacteria, fungi, and microorganism per gram, ready to be added to soils to help create perfect growing environments. Loop’s compost is something to add to soil in autumn and spring. It will revitalise your garden with the microscopic life so often lost, and not present in most soils. This will mean your plants are not only bigger and more abundant, but also healthier and containing more nutrients.”

Loop Frome are also now at the stage where they are looking to take on more people, working with local Frome businesses and making the compost. If you have ideas on how you could help, or if you’re a business producing food waste and would prefer to see it renewed into something of real value for Frome, please contact info@loopfrome.org .