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Gary council approves $317,000 composting grant to train 100 households
Summary
The council unanimously approved an ordinance accepting a $317,000 grant to demonstrate household food-waste composting and distribute compost bins to 100 households over two years, with Hilltop Farmers Co-op and the Gary Foods Council listed as partners.
The Gary Common Council voted 9-0 on June 3 to accept a two-year $317,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to demonstrate household food-waste composting and to establish a budget in the city’s Green Urbanism Fund.
Brenda Scott Henry, director of the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, told the…
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