COMPOSTING
- Residential: Do it yourself (purchase bins at Recycle Utah) or Spoil to Soil for paid pick up service
- Commercial: Wild Harvest Farms or Wasatch Resource Recovery
- Education: Recycle Utah, Summit Community Gardens and Swaner Preserve and Eco Center
GARDENING/FARMING IN SUMMIT COUNTY
- Summit Community Gardens (purchase a plot and grow your own)
- Root Revival (Service to build raised bed gardens)
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA’S)
A great way to support local farmers!
BUY LOCAL, EAT LOCAL, SUPPORT LOCAL
- Utah’s Own – directory of Utah producers and products
- Bill White Farms Farm Stand
- Copper Moose Farms Farm Stand
- Park City Farmers Market (Wednesdays in the summer)
- Park Silly Farmers Market (Sundays in the summer)
- Summit Community Gardens Farm Stand (seasonal)
- Heber Valley Farmers Market (seasonal)
RESOURCES, RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
- Utah Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab – information and research on the environmental, economic and social consequences of different farming systems
- Utah Soil Health Partnership
- Utah State University Agricultural Extension Agent – Summit County office
- Comet-Farm– USDA whole farm and ranch carbon and GHG accounting model
- Permaculture
- Vermicomposting
- Graywater
- Efficient Watering
- Community Supported Agriculture (fact sheet)
- Local Food movement (fact sheet)
- The Money Saving Guide to Going Green at Home
GENERAL CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate Reality Project
- Project Drawdown – Paul Hawken
- Kiss the Ground – Find Your Path (action plans based on area of interest)
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES/CAMPS FOR KIDS IN SUMMIT COUNTY
The “Kiss the Ground” film screening and panel discussion was presented as part of Park City Film’s Reel Community Series in partnership with Park City Municipal Corp Sustainability, Summit Land Conservancy, Recycle Utah and Swaner Preserve and Eco Center.