International Compost Awareness Week 2024

International Compost Awareness Week 2024

International Compost Awareness Week happens annually on the first full week of May. OCASA is proud to coordinate the week of activities, along local partners, this May 7th – 11th, culminating in our Compost Festival! We have a lineup of events you won’t...
2023 Compost Conference

2023 Compost Conference

We hope you’ll join us for the upcoming Oklahoma Compost Conference on October 26, 2024 at the Eastern Oklahoma Technology Center in Choctaw. For our 9th annual conference themed “Advocating for Solutions: Activating the Power of Compost,” attendees will not only...
Getting Creative with Food Waste

Getting Creative with Food Waste

Interested in alternative ways to utilize your food waste while boosting your garden? Join us for our Getting Creative with Food Waste demonstration with board member Travis Andrews. Travis will explore ways to turn common household waste such as coffee grounds, fruit...
Compost Festival 2023

Compost Festival 2023

We hope you will join us to celebrate compost at this year’s Oklahoma Compost Festival on Saturday, May 13, as the culminating event of International Compost Awareness Week (May 7-13). This year’s festival, the 3rd annual for Oklahoma, will be located at...
Backyard Composting – DIY Bin

Backyard Composting – DIY Bin

Attendees came to learn about the basics of composting their food and organic waste in their own backyard. This demonstration, led by OCASA board members Keima Borsuah and Amanda Scofield, included information to get started composting, handouts for later reference,...
2022 Oklahoma Compost Conference

2022 Oklahoma Compost Conference

We hosted our 8th Oklahoma Compost Conference on October 6, 2022, at Will Rogers Gardens in Oklahoma City! This year’s theme was Regener8, to convey the power of compost to regenerate soils, waters, and our lives. We had roughly 79 registrants and 20 sponsors and...
Vermicompost Workshop, September 2022

Vermicompost Workshop, September 2022

Thanks to a generous grant from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, we offered another FREE vermicomposting workshop this fall. Vermicomposting is the use of earthworms to accelerate the composting process. Registration was available on the form below,...
Compost Festival 2022

Compost Festival 2022

We hope you will join us to celebrate compost at this year’s Oklahoma Compost Festival on Saturday, May 7, as the culminating event of International Compost Awareness Week (May 1-7). This year’s festival, the 2nd annual, will be located at OKC’s...
Medical Marijuana & Compost Seminars

Medical Marijuana & Compost Seminars

The Oklahoma Compost and Sustainability Association (OCASA) held an online seminar series: Medical Marijuana and Compost, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 from 10:00am-12:00pm CST. After a short introduction, each speaker covered their topics in 30 minutes followed by...