11/22/2024 - Donate Your Pumpkins to Farmers on November 1-December 7, 2024 Sustainable Southbury is partnering with local farmers to donate used pumpkins. They make great animal feed. Visit a participating Southbury farm anytime from dawn to dusk, during November and the first week of December to drop off your pumpkins or gourds for animal feed at the farm. Please note that paint, glitter, decorations, candles, and wax cannot be used for animal feed and are not eligible for drop-off. It is vitally important that the pumpkins contain no metal as this could be lethal to cattle. If you cannot eat it neither can the animal. No other food scraps or organic materials can be dropped off at these participating farms. The participating farms are: Lone Oak Farm, 227 Bates Rock Rd, Southbury, CT Aradia Farm, 1008 Bullet Hill Rd, Southbury, CT Breezy Knolls Farm, 507 Jeremy Swamp Road, Southbury, CT Look for a designated collection spot, bins, or a wagon as you pull into the farm. Why should you not throw your pumpkins in the trash? 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins are sent to landfills and incinerators annually in the U.S. By diverting this wet, heavy organic matter we lower the cost of hauling trash away and reduce the air pollution caused by incinerators that burn our trash. Leaving food scraps and pumpkins in landfills creates methane gas contributing to greenhouse gasses. Donating your used pumpkins will help support local farmers. This program and partnership with local farmers is part of Sustainable Southbury’s Food Waste Reduction Program. We offer education for residents to help them reduce their food waste and together with the town, have developed a Food Scrap Drop-off program for composting food scraps at the town Transfer station. We partner with the Center for EcoTechnology to help local restaurants reduce food waste and recycle what they cannot donate. See www.sustainablesouthbury.org or contact info@sustainablesouthbury.org for more information. Thank you. ### Event: Don’t Waste It! Donate Your Pumpkins to Farmers! Event Date: 11/1/2024-12/7/2024 Event Time: Dawn to dusk Event Organizers/Contact: Sustainable Southbury | info@sustainablesouthbury.org | www.sustainablesouthbury.org Event Location: Archives
Sustainable Southbury is partnering with local farmers to donate used pumpkins. They make great animal feed. Visit a participating Southbury farm anytime from dawn to dusk, during November and the first week of December to drop off your pumpkins or gourds for animal feed at the farm.
Please note that paint, glitter, decorations, candles, and wax cannot be used for animal feed and are not eligible for drop-off. It is vitally important that the pumpkins contain no metal as this could be lethal to cattle. If you cannot eat it neither can the animal. No other food scraps or organic materials can be dropped off at these participating farms.
The participating farms are:
Look for a designated collection spot, bins, or a wagon as you pull into the farm.
Why should you not throw your pumpkins in the trash?
This program and partnership with local farmers is part of Sustainable Southbury’s Food Waste Reduction Program. We offer education for residents to help them reduce their food waste and together with the town, have developed a Food Scrap Drop-off program for composting food scraps at the town Transfer station. We partner with the Center for EcoTechnology to help local restaurants reduce food waste and recycle what they cannot donate.
See www.sustainablesouthbury.org or contact info@sustainablesouthbury.org for more information. Thank you.
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Event: Don’t Waste It! Donate Your Pumpkins to Farmers! Event Date: 11/1/2024-12/7/2024 Event Time: Dawn to dusk Event Organizers/Contact: Sustainable Southbury | info@sustainablesouthbury.org | www.sustainablesouthbury.org Event Location: