Video Resources
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Growing Soil Stewards (July 2026) Cat Buxton, Dulce Ohare (Sharon Elementary School), and Chrissy Morley (Marion Cross Elementary School) share the story of the Upper Valley Super Compost Project—an innovative collaboration that brings together schools, farms, cafeterias, and communities through composting and hands-on learning.
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Backyard Composting 101 (June 2020) for Springfield Town Library
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Regenerative Agriculture for the Home Gardener for 350Vermont (April 14, 2020)
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Event 1 of the Climate and Community Resilience: Lessons from the Soil Series: Earth's Systems: Foundations of Energy and Matter (March 22, 2020) -Cat's presentation starts at around 53 minutes in
Other Resources
GMWL believes in the open sharing of information to increase our collective knowledge. Together we can learn how to grow more (food and soil) and waste less (of everything!). The following collection of resources are free to download.
Please respect the Notice for Use of this Guide:
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE
Please use these resources liberally.
Please give credit to whoever made the documents if that is clear.
Please do not use these to make money.
Contact Cat Buxton at cat@growmorewasteless.com if
you have questions or trouble accessing any documents.
Thank you for helping to spread knowledge!
Soil
Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition
Visual Soils Assessment Guide from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Compost
Build a Healthy and Active Backyard Compost
Upper Valley Super Compost Project
School Gardens
School Garden Harvest Tracker Form
School Garden Safety Rules and Tips
School Garden Annual Planning Calendar
