Still have a pumpkin on your porch? Smash it and help the planet on Sunday
Not sure what to do with the rotting pumpkin sitting out on your porch? We’ve got you covered.
Urbavore Urban Farm will host its annual Pumpkin Smashing Party this Sunday, Nov. 14, from noon until 4 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring their old jack-o-lanterns to demolish with mallets, baseball bats and hammers provided by the farm to then be composted. The event is free and open to all ages.
Urbavore Urban Farm is home to a large-scale composting operation, which will turn the crushed pumpkins back into organic soil. Participants can also feed pumpkin pieces to the farm’s resident pigs. The Wild Way coffee and Big Rip Brewery will be serving refreshments, including hot cider for kids.
“This is a super fun, sustainable, kid-friendly, outdoor event,” said Coco Castle, Compost Collective KC’s director of operations. Her organization will be providing pumpkins from its local curbside compost pickups for the event. You can also drop off your unwanted pumpkins before or during the event for participants to smash.
Composting unwanted organic material like food waste and decorative gourds is an important step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. The nutrient-rich soil produced from this process is used by the farm to grow food and shared with Compost Collective KC’s customers.
Urbavore Urban Farm is located at 5500 Bennington Ave. in southeastern Kansas City.
If you want to learn more about how to compost at home in Kansas City, check out these local resources.
Do you have questions about composting or how to get involved in other eco-friendly practices in Kansas City? Ask our Service Journalism team at kcq@kcstar.com or use this form.
This story was originally published November 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
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