Our mission is to educate the public, individuals, businesses and institutions about the benefits of compost and to reclaim organic materials from landfills to create soil for community-based agriculture projects.
Huge Grant Announcement!
Thanks to the City’s Eco Office, FEED MKE Pilot Project and the USDA Compost and Food Waste Reduction Award, Kompost Kids is adding Bokashi composting to our MKE community compost site. Join our #BokashiBunch so you can #BokashiWithKompostKids! We need 20 local households to pilot test community Bokashi composting in MKE. So we accurately assess capacity and grow the program, we’re asking pilot challenge
Building MKE Bokashi Community in 2025
In 2025, we’re piloting a very old (but new to Milwaukee community gardens) form of composting: Bokashi. In short, Bokashi composting ferments organics very quickly. After that, gardeners can trench the fermented/partially decomposed organics into the soil. After roughly a month of curing, that nutrient rich soil is ready for planting. Follow us and join in the fun! Sign up here to volunteer AND learn at the same time. Starting
Ask us Anything: Hummingbird MKE and Kompost Kids
Check out the Collab with our friend, Hummingbird MKE. The one in which Marion and Renee chat it up – -and geek out about compost. Hummingbird MKE has an EXCELLENT How to Compost in Milwaukee FAQ Guide. They also host a series called “Ask Them Anything” and the first HUGE call from their IG community was related to FAQs on Compost! We were more
