ICAW 2025 Events
Arkansas
Compost Awareness Week with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
ICAW Event Description: Join us for a series of events whether online on the University of Arkansas campus or at the Experiment Station. We will be hosting a weeklong series of events and activities to educate about compost: what is it? how is it made? how is it used? what can be composted? And more!
City: Fayetteville
Event Date: May 5 to May 9, 2025
California
International Compost Awareness Week Workshops
Description: International Compost Awareness Week Workshops Schedule
5pm – 7pm
FREE & ALL AGES
Pick up your compost traveling passport at one of the workshops below. Earn raffle tickets for each stamp you earn (1 stamp per workshop)! On May 9, at Madison Park Community Garden there will be a final opportunity drawing for those who participated throughout the week.
5/5 – El Salvador Park Garden Backyard Composting, and Myths Debunked
5/6 – Jerome Park Garden Compost Critters
5/7 – Roosevelt Walker Garden Apartment Composting is Easy – Let’s Make Wealth from Waste!
5/8 – Pacific Electric Park Garden Layering Your Compost ~ Lasagna Style
5/9 – Madison Park Garden Small Space, Big Impact: Apartment Composting Workshop
For more information: wellness@santa-ana.org or call (714) 571 - 4253
City: Santa Ana
Event Date: May 5 - May 9, 2025
Illinois
Knox College Celebrates International Compost Awareness Week!
ICAW Event Description: We invite any member of the Knox community to join us in volunteering at the Knox Farm to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week! Our Compost Crew will teach volunteers how we make compost at the Farm, how to screen compost, and train anyone who wants to be a part of our Community Scale Compost Program! Hope to see you there!
When: May 5th, 4-5pm
Where: The Knox Farm, 422 Academy St, Galesburg, IL 61401
Contact:
kahope@knox.edu | elpatton@knox.edu | compost@knox.edu
City: Galesburg
Event Date: 05/05/25
The Urban Canopy Facility Operations Tour & Finished Compost Giveaway
ICAW Event Description: Join the Urban Canopy's founder, Alex Poltorak, on an engaging tour of the Urban Canopy warehouse in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, where you will see the local food cycle in action.
Alex will provide a guided tour of Canopy's compost hauling operation and CSA (community supported agriculture) program.
At the conclusion of the tour, each attendee will receive 1 free five gallon of finished compost to take home!
The tour begins at 3pm
Spots are limited, first come first serve. To RSVP: Email us a compost@theurbancanopy.org
City: Chicago
Event Date: 05/06/25
Maryland
Food Scrap Fest
ICAW Event Description: Compost Crew and One Acre Farm are hosting our annual "Food Scrap Fest" for subscribers, CSA members, and the general public. This event is an opportunity to learn more about on-farm composting, the benefits of composting and best practices, and getting involved in One Acre Farm's CSA program! The event will be held on May 4th, 2025 at One Acre Farm (18608 Wasche Rd, Dickerson, MD) from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Event details include:
- Compost Outpost® tour
- One Acre Farm Tour
- Planting booth
- Scavenger hunt
- Live music
- Farm Feast compost for sale
- And more!
Get your ticket(s) at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-food-scrap-fest-tickets-1321571077669?aff=oddtdtcreator
City: Dickerson
Event Date: May 4th, 2025
New York
LIVING SOILS RISING
ICAW Event Description: On Sunday, May 4, 2025, join hundreds of artists, activists, neighbors, urban ecologists, soil dorks, dancers, healers and dreamers for LIVING SOILS RISING, three creative acts to seed-the-future for climate justice and healing at Under the 'K' Bridge Park.
Join a theatrical walking tour, water & soils ceremony, and a seeding-the-future activation.
Hundreds of us will gather where Indigenous land was taken for the birth of the fossil fuel industry from 1867 until today. We will witness, remember, and honor the harmed land and envision a livable energy future together.
Costume: Dress as your favorite fungi, plant or animal local to Northern Brooklyn.
May 4 RSVP and full performance line-up:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-soils-rising-sunday-may-4-tickets-1266594952599?aff=oddtdtcreator
City: Brooklyn
Event Date: May 4, 2025 3 - 7 PM
Ohio
Composting for Community: Closing the Loop to Support Local Food Systems
Description:
📅 Monday, May 5, 2025
🕐 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 The Foodbank Urban Garden – 56 Armor Pl, Dayton, OH 45417
You're invited to a fun, hands-on afternoon celebrating sustainability, gardening, and community impact—right here in Dayton!
As part of International Compost Awareness Week, we’re opening up our doors (and gardens!) to the public for a behind-the-scenes look at how composting and urban farming help us build a resilient community and fight hunger at the same time.
🌿 Take a tour of our award-winning compost facility
🌱 Explore our urban garden and hydroponic greenhouse
🌍 Meet local organizations making a difference
🧑🌾 Learn how your food scraps can help grow fresh produce for families in need
Whether you're into gardening, sustainability, or just looking for something cool to do with the family, this is a great way to connect with your community and see how small changes can lead to a big impact.
This event is free and open to everyone! Families, students, neighbors, and friends are welcome!
City: Dayton
Event Date: May 5th, 2025, 1-4pm
Oklahoma
OKC Celebrates ICAW 2025!
Description: May 2 Kickoff: Worm Parade
Monday: OKRA Lunch and Learn featuring a presentation and virtual tour of Fertile Ground Cooperative's composting facility with an in-person lunch and Zoom meeting. We will showcase community composting efforts with CommonWealth Urban Farms, OCASA Board Member Amanda Scofield, and Compost Fairyy's Crystal Walker.
Tuesday: Fertile Ground in person tour
Wednesday: Sustainable Placemaking panel with Lauren from OKC Beautiful, Oklahoma Permaculture Institute, and more speakers. Topics include Adopt a Park, school gardens, permaculture
Thursday: Scissortail Park Flower Garden and Compost Tour
Friday: Tour of the Sustainability Center at the University of Central Oklahoma and compost program with Broncho Bites (food recovery), community garden and food scrap composting
Saturday: Compost Festival at Scissortail Park 9am-1pm, featuring yoga, a vermicomposting workshop, panel talks, and vendors
City: Oklahoma City
Event Date: May 4-10
Virginia
Prince William Compost Awareness Day
ICAW Event Description: The Prince William County Solid Waste Division, in partnership with Convertus, will host its Compost Awareness Day event on Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Compost Facility, 13000 Hansen Farm Road, Manassas. Volunteers from the VA Cooperative Extension Prince William Master Gardeners will be present to share information and answer questions on composting and gardening. Keep Prince William Beautiful volunteers will be there to share community beautification volunteer opportunities.
Monster Organics staff will also be there to talk about composting and their food waste collection operation. Event attendees can drop off food scraps. Convertus, the company that operates composting manufacturing for Prince William County, will provide free compost samples (bring a bucket) and offer facility tours at 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon.
Event Recap:
- Compost facility tours at 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon
- Free compost samples (bring your own bucket or purchase at the event)
- Coupons for 20% off compost
- Backyard compost display
- Compost and gardening information
- Community beautification information
- Food scrap drop-off
Learn more about composting in the County at the Prince William Compost Awareness Day event - https://www.pwcva.gov/department/solid-waste-management/events
City: Woodbridge
Event Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025
West Virginia
Youth Composting Education and Programming Virtual Information Session
ICAW Event Description: The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority is hosting a free virtual Information Session with Guest Speaker, Lauren Click, Executive Director of Let's Go Compost. Lauren will be presenting during International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2025 to share how WV K-12 schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H or other youth groups can utilize Let’s Go Compost’s Free Classroom Composting Program to reduce food waste and more! All WV residents are welcome to attend! Although Monongalia County SWA is hosting this event, we want to share this information with the many WV SWAs, WV DEP Youth Environmental Program (YEP) Coordinators and other WV youth group leaders and educators, to help get the word out about Youth Composting Education Resources provided by Let's Go Compost and highlight the need to reduce food waste and compost.
City: Monongalia County
Event Date: May 7, 2025
International
Country: Nepal
Several Events
ICAW Event Description: We are a group of more than 20 organizations and Governmental bodies, planning to organize the International Compost Awareness Week, 2025. For this week-long event we are planning to conduct several events, such as training, social media awareness, commercial composting, rally with press conference and exhibition.
City: Kathmandu
Event Date: May 4-10
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