LA Compost

The Magic Soil Bus is an innovative and engaging mobile education program by LA Compost, designed to bring the wonders of composting and soil health directly to the youth of Los Angeles.

Our Youth Education Program (Program) aims to engage Title 1 schools and communities in Los Angeles through localized, organic waste diversion solutions and soil health education. The Youth Education Program will empower K-12 youth through school campus visits from an electric 'Magic Soil Bus', off-campus field trips to community-level compost hubs, and technical assistance for school composting systems to supplement hands-on, STEAM curriculum opportunities for teachers.

Just as fungal and microbial networks within our soils build vast networks of communication, resource sharing and structure, LA Compost emulates this resiliency response above ground through our decentralized network of Angelenos! In partnership with 50+ community-based organizations, LA Compost fosters inclusive climate action through diverse community engagement around composting and localized compost production to strengthen Los Angeles soils and community wellness.

LA Compost is working to restore lost connections to the soil and one another. We recognize that the root cause of environmental destruction is a disassociation with the natural world, and through co-creating spaces for local compost access and engagement, we seek to restore individual and community connections to the soil that feeds us all. Cooperatively with a diverse human network of Angelenos across LA County, we aspire to make LA robust in its access to community level composting, climate change and ecosystem resilience.

LA Compost’s programs serve individuals with home composting opportunities, communities with education and access to a decentralized network of composting infrastructure, and the broader Los Angeles County area through regional sites for organics processing, compost creation, and continued education. By establishing new composting communities throughout Los Angeles, we will further reduce food waste, empower local food production, and regenerate land for climate resilience.

We’re challenging the people of Los Angeles to connect, to people and place, to the soil and each other. #SupportSoilLA #soilandpeople #compost

L.A. Compost will create a countywide composting program, connecting the community with the soil that feeds them via workshops and use/access to neighborhood community compost hubs.

L.A. Compost and Kiss the Ground are partnering to create a local solution to composting in Los Angeles. We are currently composting over 2,000lbs of food weekly across 5 hubs countywide. Over the next 5 years we plan to expand our work by building 20 more hubs and establishing composting programs that will keep unnecessary food scraps out of landfills, providing communities with the tools and education needed to compost locally.