Vokashi demonstrates at WHEELS’ Bioremediation Project

Vokashi is pleased to be partnering with WE ACT (the leading environmental organization in Harlem) in its innovative approach to pollution prevention in New York City – the Northern Manhattan Compost Bioremediation Project.

“We believe our project is entirely aligned with New York State’s Pollution Prevention Institute,” explains Ogonnaya Newman, Director of Environmental Health at WEACT.

“Through this project we will educate and engage students in waste reduction and soil remediation. We plan on reducing waste through composting and creating and maintaining a community garden sustained by the compost created from the students’ school lunches.”

Seniors will be learning the nuts and bolts of composting from members of the Lower Eastside Ecology Center and the benefits of managing food waste through fermentation from Vokashi.

“And the best way to learn is to teach!” says Vokashi founder, Vandra Thorburn. “Seniors taught other students how to make the fermenting bran.”