Build a compost bin for Bidwell Presbyterian Church's community-meal food scraps (2026-07-20)

The weekly community meals and donation-drive shifts at Bidwell Presbyterian Church generate vegetable trim and food scraps that currently go straight into the trash. A simple three-bin compost setup behind the kitchen turns that waste into garden soil for the church's own beds. Standard: EPA home composting method + SDG 12 responsible consumption Proof: Photo of built bin, sign, and first turned layer Method (EPA home composting method + SDG 12 responsible consumption): 1. Choose a shaded spot behind the kitchen with drainage away from the building. 2. Assemble a three-bin wood or wire compost enclosure per the standard plan. 3. Post a one-page sign showing what can and cannot go in the bin. 4. Add the first layer of kitchen scraps and dry leaves in a 1:2 ratio. 5. Turn the pile with a garden fork to mix layers. 6. Photograph the finished bin and the posted sign. Done when: Photo of built bin, sign, and first turned layer

Where

Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W 1st St, Chico, CA 95928

Pay

$240 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Photo of built bin, sign, and first turned layer

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-19

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 90–360 minutes. Method of record: Compost application per NRCS CPS 336 / CDFA Healthy Soils quantification (rate, quality, incorporation for the site) — finished compost only; assess→apply→verify

Bring

• finished compost meeting the quality spec (temperature-cured; STA/US Composting Council tested where available)
• spreader, wheelbarrow + rakes/shovels at garden scale
• camera + GPS + tape/bucket for rate calibration
• gloves + dust mask for dry material handling

Steps

1. 1. ASSESS: photograph the application area as found, record GPS boundary and area, and confirm the application rate (tons/acre or inches of depth) and compost quality documentation against the plan.
2. 2. Calibrate the rate (bucket-per-area or spreader pass test) so the applied depth matches the plan.
3. 3. Apply compost evenly across the area; keep material out of waterways, drains, and off pavement (sweep any spill back onto soil).
4. 4. Incorporate or leave surface-applied exactly per the plan (no-till surface application is valid under CPS 336).
5. 5. VERIFY: photograph the finished application from matching vantage + a depth-check photo (ruler in the applied layer) at ≥3 points; log source, quantity, rate, and date as the application record.

If it does not match the plan

• Compost not finished (hot, ammonia smell, recognizable feedstock) -> reject the load; immature compost harms the soil it should build.
• Rain forecast that would wash material to a drain before incorporation -> delay application.
• Application area drains directly to a waterway with no buffer -> route to the conservation planner for a setback plan first.

What counts as done

• Application record complete: source, quality doc, quantity, rate, area, GPS, date
• Depth-check photos at ≥3 points match the planned rate
• No compost in gutters/drains/waterways (site-perimeter photo)

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.