Business turns food waste into opportunity at site of former Rockford school

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Silver tarps protect science at work on an empty lot near Rockford’s western edge. Kate Whitacre lifts logs which kept the cover from blowing away in the wind.

Waving away fruit flies on the escape, Nettle Curbside Compost’s co-owner reveals her passion.

“I love soil,” she exclaimed…

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