We have just been granted funding for a two and a half year project by the Big Lottery Local Food Programme. We aim to set up a training and support network with 12-15 training hubs across England with associated trainers who will be trained to deliver a doubly accredited training course to local food growing groups so they too can start community composting.

The Growing Heap is the journal of the Community Composting Network. The Growing Heap contains news pages, articles on members projects, legislation updates, technical matters and best practice, and robust opinions and reviews of relevant and useful publications.

The entire back catalogue of growing heaps is now available online for free! There is an absolute wealth of useful information and resources on all aspects of composting and other sustainability issues contained in these magazines. To make it easier to find what you are looking for we have listed the main content of each issue. Don't forget to use the sites search feature if you are interested in something in particular! You can download past Growing Heaps here. Please contact the office is you are interested in getting any paper copies of the back issues

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