For the past several years, the nonprofit KUSP has worked to combat food insecurity and boost urban agriculture on Norfolk’s Southside, such as hosting a community garden in Berkley.
A central part of its mission is to make local food systems sustainable, said Jay Boone, executive director of KUSP, or Keeping Us Secure and Prosperous.
That includes composting, or recycling organic waste such as leaves and food scraps into soil. But it’s not always easy for people to take on at home…