Sweet Hollow Farm partners with nonprofit on education
After being somewhat derailed by the pandemic, the nonprofit Mountainside Institute is getting back in the swing of things by offering a series of six free workshops on sustainable living and building, and this time nearby partner Sweet Hollow Farm is adding its own expertise to the effort.
MSI, a young nonprofit with a mission of helping people find creative solutions to sustainable living in mountain towns, was founded by Mountainside Village developer Larry Thal and is funded in part by a percentage from real estate sales in the Victor neighborhood.
âItâs helpful and it gets people who live here to be invested in the Institute,â MSI executive director Nancy Shea said about the transaction fee.
Are you ready to make a small shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle? Do you want to save a lot of money on your annual trash bill? Tired of having wet, stinky, heavy trash bags that leaks and makes your garbage can smell awful? Well, then composting might be the solution for you! And TVCR has a free backyard compost bin with your name on it, if youâd like to give it a try.
Through a grant award from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Teton Valley Community Recycling is now able to offer valley residents free backyard compost bins. We will be making and distributing a total of 500 wire compost bins along with basic composting education. We shall continue to support and advise you through the seasons. While it takes more than a year to turn your yard waste and food scraps into nutrient rich soil, you will experience some of the benefits of composting immediately â including a less smelly garbage can and the ability to reduce your trash service to a smaller c